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{|style="width:100%; border:0px; text-align:left" There are 74 scheduled monuments in Medway, Kent, England. In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is an archaeological site or historic building of "national importance" that has been given protection against unauthorised change by being placed on a list (or "schedule") by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; English Heritage takes the leading role in identifying such sites. Scheduled monuments are defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983. They are also referred to as scheduled ancient monuments. There are about 19,700 scheduled monument entries on the list and more than one site can be included in a single entry. While a scheduled monument can also be recognised as a listed building, English Heritage considers listed building status as a better way of protecting buildings than scheduled monument status. If a monument is considered by English Heritage to "no longer merit scheduling" it can be removed from the schedule.
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Medway is a unitary authority in the English county of Kent. Medway covers the towns of Chatham, Gillingham, Rainham, Rochester and Strood as well as smaller settlements and surrounding rural areas totalling 74.5 sqmi on the north Kent coast and both sides of the River Medway. It has a population of approximately 265,000. The monuments include a palaeolithic site and Rochester castle, but the majority are associated with the Royal Navy's former Chatham Dockyard and its protective fortifications.

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