The Malta Environment and Planning Authority has added no fewer than 51 archaeological sites and buildings to the list of scheduled property.
The archaeological sites are:
Dolmen at Misrah Sinjura, Qrendi (Class A)
Hal Far menhir, Birzebbuga (Class B)
Dolmen near Wied Znuber, Birzebbuga (Class A)
San Cir chapel ruins, Zurrieq (Class B)
Dolmen and megalithic remains at Xghara tal-Bidni, Marsascala (Class B)
Circular field called ic-Cirku, Triq il-Bidni, Zabbar (Class B)
Hal Ginwi temple, Triq Xrob l-Ghagin, Zejtun (Class A)
Xrobb il-Ghagin temple, Marsaxlokk (Class B)
Wied Filep dolmens, Triq ta’ fuq Wied Filep, Mosta (Class B)
Bugibba temple, Dolmen Resort Hotel, Bugibba (Class B)
Megalithic remains in field Tat-Tumbata, Triq San Tumas, Luqa (Class B)
Ta’ Gawhar Tower and Roman cistern, Triq ta’ Gawhar, Safi (Class A)
It-Torrijiet (formerly known as ruins at Hlantun, Santa Marija ta’ Bir Miftuh, Zurrieq (Class A)
Catacombs Tal-Liebru, Triq ta’ Gawhar, Safi (Class B)
San Agostino Cemetery, Victoria Gozo (Class B)
The cave at tal-Maghqad, Triq tal-Kaccaturi, Xaghra (Class B)
Calypso Cave, Triq Ghajn Qamar, Xaghra (Class B)
Hagra ta’ Sansuna, Triq Gnien Imrik, Xaghra (Class B)
Ghajn Klieb, Triq Ghajn Qajjed, Rabat: Tomb and silo pits (Class A); Cart ruts, ancient quarries, pottery scatters and threshing floor (Class B)
Megaliths and stone cairns at Qied Moqbol, Zurrieq (Class B)
The buildings are:
San Antonio (San Anton) Palace and surrounding gardens (Grade 1)
Mediaeval tower in Triq Ghar il-Gobon, Birkirkara (Grade 1)
Villa Agata, Triq Vincenzo Bugeja, Floriana (Grade 1)
Nymphaeum at Argotti Gardens, Floriana (Grade 1)
Garden in St Philip Bastion, Floriana (Grade 1)
The Mall, Floriana (Grade 1)
Vilhena fountain, St Anne Street, Floriana (Grade 1)
Palazzo Manoel (also known as Casa Leoni) and gardens (Romeo Romano), Sta Venera (Grade 1)
Is-Salib tad-Dejma, Howard Garden, Mdina (Grade 1)
Il-Logga tal-Palju, Racecourse Street, Rabat (Grade 1)
Old fortified house, 147 (formerly 141) Main Street, Siggiewi (Grade 2)
Inquisitor’s Palace, Girgenti (Grade 1)
Auberge d’Allemagne (Grade 3) and Collacchio bollard (Grade 1), in Victory Square, Vittoriosa
Auberge d’Angleterre, Triq il-Majjistral, Vittoriosa (Grade 1)
Auberge d’Aragon, 28-30, Triq Hilda Tabone, Vittoriosa (Grade 1)
Auberge d’Auvergne et Provence, 17-23, Triq Hilda Tabone, Vittoriosa (Grade 1)
Auberge de Castille et Portugal (Leon), 57-59, Triq Hilda Tabone, Vittoriosa (Grade 2)
Auberge de France, Triq Hilda Tabone, Vittoriosa (Grade 1)
Auberge d’Italie, 1-6, Triq San Lawrenz, Vittoriosa (Grade 2)
Inquisitor’s Palace, Main Gate Street, Vittoriosa (Grade 1)
Siculo-Norman building, 10-11, Triq it-Tramuntana, Vittoriosa (Grade 1)
Siculo-Norman building, 9, Triq il-Lbic, Vittoriosa (Grade 2)
Hompesch Gate, Zabbar (Grade 1)
De Rohan Gate, Zebbug (Grade 1)
Ghajn tal-Hasselin, Telgha tas-Saqqajja, Rabat (Grade 1)
Palazzo Tonna, 57, Main Street, Siggiewi (Grade 1)
Remains of Perellos Redoubt, Fougasse and WWII beach defence post, Salina (Grade 2)
Selmun Palace (Grade 1)
31, (formerly 45), St Paul Street, Qormi (Grade 2)
Delimara Tower, Marsaxlokk (Grade 1)
Ghajn Razul fountain, St Paul’s Bay (Grade 1)
More details and maps can be found in the Government Gazette of 22 December.