Archaeological Priority Areas & Scheduled Monuments

The geology and topography of the Harrow made the area popular with early settlers. Traces of early man have been found in Middlesex and evidence of prehistoric man has been found in Harrow Weald. Roman evidence has been excavated in Stanmore and Saxon in Sudbury and central Harrow.

The Greater London Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) provides a computerised record of information regarding London's archaeological and historic fabric. The information held assists with the early identification of the archaeological and historic interest of an area or site when development is proposed.

English Heritage maintains the SMR for London. The Council's Conservation Team are happy to answer questions regarding archaeology but The Greater London Archaeological Advisory Service (GLAAS) should be consulted.

Areas which are suspected to contain below ground archaeology are designated, with the help of English Heritage, as Archaeological Priority Areas (APAs).

There are nine APAs including:

• Possible site of Roman settlement of Sullonicae (along Brockley Hill, Edgware)
• Edgware Village (along Edgware High Street, Edgware)
• Roman tile manufacture in Canons Park (Edgware)
• Medieval Stanmore (along Old Church Lane, Stanmore)
• Possible site of medieval Bentley Priory (east of Clamp Hill, Stanmore)
• Medieval Pinner (including the High Street and surrounding roads in Pinner)
• Old Pinner Deer Park (either side of George V Avenue, Pinner)
• Historic Harrow (core area of Harrow on the Hill)
• Parts of Grim's Dyke (in Hatch End and Pinner)

These are also shown in map form. Click here to download.

Where development is proposed within an APA, English Heritage will require applicants to provide sufficient information to assess the archaeological implications of the development. Outside these areas, English Heritage can also ask applicants to provide archaeological assessments, if they feel that below ground archaeology may be at risk.