Bath and North East Somerset Scheduled monuments in Somerset

dundas aqueduct carries kennet , avon canal on river avon , wessex main line railway. built john rennie between 1797 , 1801 , completed in 1805.

bath , north east somerset (commonly referred banes or b&nes) unitary authority created on 1 april 1996, following abolition of county of avon. bath , north east somerset occupies area of 220 square miles (570 km), two-thirds of green belt. banes stretches outskirts of bristol, south mendip hills , east southern cotswold hills , wiltshire border. city of bath principal settlement in district, banes covers keynsham, midsomer norton, radstock , chew valley. banes has population of 170,000, half of whom live in bath, making 12 times more densely populated rest of district.

there 58 scheduled monuments in bath , north east somerset. of oldest neolithic including stanton drew stone circles , several tumuli. great circle @ stanton drew second largest stone circle in britain (after avebury); considered 1 of largest neolithic monuments have been built. date of construction not known thought between 3000 , 2000 bce places in late neolithic bronze age. there several iron age hill forts such 1 @ maes knoll, connected wansdyke medieval defensive earthwork, several sections of included in list. romano-british period represented several sites, notably roman baths , city walls in bath. more recent sites include several bridges date middle ages palladian bridge in prior park landscape garden , dundas aqueduct built in 1805 recent site included in list.