Section 17 Management Agreements

Historic England offers funding to improve the management of ancient monuments or access to them through agreements with the owner or occupier of the land. These Management Agreements are offered for the preservation, maintenance, management and presentation of ancient monuments under Section 17 (1-9) of the 1979 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act. The agreements usually run for a term of three or five years and can include payment for one-off repairs which would typically be carried out at the start of the term. Historic England concentrates these management agreements on sites where Environmental Stewardship funding is not available or appropriate, working closely with Natural England to coordinate landscape management funding.