Abstract

POSSIBLY few of the public who visit our ruined castles, abbeys and other historic sites are conscious of the extent of their indebtedness for their esthetic enjoyment or the satisfaction of their intellectual interest to the activities of the Office of Works in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it under the Ancient Monuments Acts. The Friday evening discourse on “The Ancient Monuments of England” delivered by Sir Charles Peers, the Inspector of Ancient Monuments, at the Royal Institution on January 27, served a double purpose by demonstrating the various forms of activity of the Office of Works in carrying out this branch of its duties, and in reminding his hearers why these duties should have come to be accepted as the responsibility of a government department functioning at the charge of the State.

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