Sites and monuments record

Okay, kiddo, have you ever heard of a treasure map? You know how it shows where to find hidden treasure? Well, grown-ups have a kind of treasure map too! It's called the Sites and Monuments Record.

You see, people have been building things for a really long time - even before you were born! Sometimes those things are really important, like big castles or ancient temples. And sometimes those things are really old, like rocks that people carved into pretty shapes thousands and thousands of years ago.

Well, the Sites and Monuments Record is like a big list of all those important and old things that people have made. It's like a treasure map because it tells grown-ups where to find these special places and what they look like.

One thing that makes the Sites and Monuments Record really cool is that it helps us learn about history. You know how you learn about history in school - like how people used to live a long time ago? Well, the special places in the Sites and Monuments Record are like clues that help us understand what the world was like a long time ago.

So, the Sites and Monuments Record is basically a treasure map that helps grown-ups find and study really old and important places to learn and remember history. Cool, huh?