Scheduled monuments (also known as scheduled ancient monuments, or SAMs) are sites of archaeological importance with specific legal protection against damage or development.
The list of such monuments in Wales is maintained by
Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments, an executive agency within the Welsh National Assembly.
[What is Scheduling?]
booklet produced by Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments, 2002. Accessed 19 May 2013 For an archaeological site in Wales to be scheduled it must be a site of national importance, being a site that characterises a period or category in Welsh history, with consideration given to rarity, good documentation, group value, survival/condition, fragility/vulnerability, diversity and potential.
[ In addition to the scheduling information that Cadw maintains, there are much larger pools of information on scheduled and other archaeological and historic sites, buildings and landscapes of Wales held by the and the four ]Welsh Archaeological Trusts
The Welsh Archaeological Trusts ( cy, Ymddiriedolaethau Archaeolegol Cymru) are four archaeological organisations established in the mid-1970s to respond to rescue archaeology. They are independent charitable trusts which together provide a uniform ...
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On the list produced by Cadw dated May 2012,[Cadw do not publish the list, but supply it as a spreadsheet, or other electronic formats, on request, as indicated a]
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Since 1 April 1996, Wales has been divided into 22 single-tier principal areas ( cy, Awdurdodau unedol), styled as counties or county boroughs ( or ) for local government purposes. The elected councils of these areas are responsible for the pr ...
. 39 sites cross a border between two authorities, (ridge-top cairns, bridges and aqueducts, cross dykes, tramroads) so are included in both lists. The lists below show these sites, arranged by principal areas (counties and county boroughs), and in the case of the larger counties, sub-divided to maintain a manageable number of sites per page.
Lists of scheduled monuments
* List of scheduled monuments in Blaenau Gwent (13 sites)
* List of scheduled monuments in Bridgend (59 sites)
* List of scheduled monuments in Caerphilly (46 sites)
* List of scheduled monuments in Cardiff (28 sites)
* Scheduled monuments in Carmarthenshire (370 sites)
::List of prehistoric scheduled monuments in Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire is a large rural county in West Wales. It includes mix of upland and mountainous terrain and fertile farmland. The western end of the Brecon Beacons National Park lies within the county. Across Carmarthenshire there are a total of ...
(227 sites)
:: List of Roman-to-modern scheduled monuments in Carmarthenshire (143 sites)
*Scheduled monuments in Ceredigion
Ceredigion, Wales
Ceredigion is a large rural county in West Wales. It has a long coastline of Cardigan Bay to the west and the remote moorland of the Cambrian Mountains in the east, with the mountainous terrain of Plynlimon in the northeast. Cer ...
(264 sites)
::List of prehistoric scheduled monuments in Ceredigion
Ceredigion is a large rural county in West Wales. It has a long coastline of Cardigan Bay to the west and the remote moorland of the Cambrian Mountains in the east, with the mountainous terrain of Plynlimon in the northeast. Ceredigion has a total ...
(163 sites)
::List of Roman-to-modern scheduled monuments in Ceredigion
Ceredigion is a large rural county in West Wales. It has a long coastline of Cardigan Bay to the west and the remote moorland of the Cambrian Mountains in the east, with the mountainous terrain of Plynlimon in the northeast. Ceredigion has a tota ...
(101 sites)
*List of scheduled monuments in Conwy
Conwy County Borough is on the north coast of Wales, and has a heavily populated coastal strip. A third of the county is within the Snowdonia National Park. There are a total of 161 scheduled monuments in the county. 106 of these are Prehistoric, ...
(161 sites)
* List of scheduled monuments in Denbighshire (168 sites)
*List of scheduled monuments in Flintshire
The county of Flintshire is on the north-east coast of Wales, and two ancient border earthworks run through the length of the county. There are 131 scheduled monuments in the post-1996 county of Flintshire. (The Historic counties of Wales, histori ...
(131 sites)
* Scheduled monuments in Gwynedd (501 sites)
:: List of prehistoric scheduled monuments in Gwynedd (former Caernarvonshire) (194 sites)
:: List of prehistoric scheduled monuments in Gwynedd (former Merionethshire) (171 sites)
::List of Roman-to-modern scheduled monuments in Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a large rural county in North Wales. The northern half includes the high mountains of Snowdonia and the mixed farmland and hills of the Lleyn peninsula, which between them make up the former county of Caernarvonshire. The southern part ...
(136 sites)
* List of scheduled monuments in Isle of Anglesey (143 sites)
* List of scheduled monuments in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough has 43 scheduled monuments. The prehistoric scheduled sites include many burial cairns and several defensive enclosures. The Roman period is represented by a Roman Road. The medieval periods include two inscribed ston ...
(42 sites)
* List of scheduled monuments in Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire has 200 scheduled monuments. The 46 prehistoric scheduled sites include burial sites, enclosures and 16 hill forts. Ten sites date from the Roman Britain, Roman period, including four Roman Villa, villas. There are four early Christ ...
(200 sites)
* List of scheduled monuments in Neath Port Talbot (94 sites)
* List of scheduled monuments in Newport (71 sites)
* Scheduled monuments in Pembrokeshire (528 sites)
:: List of prehistoric scheduled monuments in north Pembrokeshire (233 sites)
:: List of prehistoric scheduled monuments in south Pembrokeshire (113 sites)
::List of Roman-to-modern scheduled monuments in Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire is the fifth-largest county in Wales, but has more scheduled monuments (526) than any other local authority area except Powys. This gives it an extremely high density of monuments, with 33.4 per 100km2. (Only the urban authority ar ...
(182 sites)
* Scheduled monuments in Powys
Powys is the largest administrative county in Wales. With over a quarter of Wales's land area, covering much of the eastern half of the country, it is a county of remote uplands, low population and no coastline. It was created in more or less its ...
(950 sites)
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:: List of prehistoric scheduled monuments in Powys (Radnorshire) (139 sites)
:: List of Roman-to-modern scheduled monuments in Powys (Radnorshire) (119 sites)
:: List of prehistoric scheduled monuments in Powys (Brecknockshire) (254 sites)
:: List of Roman-to-modern scheduled monuments in Powys (Brecknockshire) (136 sites)
* List of scheduled monuments in Rhondda Cynon Taf (89 sites)
* List of scheduled monuments in Swansea (124 sites)
* List of scheduled monuments in Torfaen (25 sites)
* List of scheduled monuments in the Vale of Glamorgan
The Vale of Glamorgan county borough is a rural and agricultural area of south Wales. With 110 scheduled monuments, evenly spread across the borough, it is an area with a high density of such sites. Forty-one sites date to prehistoric times, inclu ...
(110 sites)
* List of scheduled monuments in Wrexham
Wrexham County Borough is in north-east Wales, straddling the ancient border earthwork Offa's Dyke. There are 107 scheduled monuments in the county borough. The 29 Bronze Age and Iron Age sites are mainly found to the west of Offa's dyke, and are ...
(107 sites)
See also
*List of Cadw properties
Cadw is the historic environment service of the Welsh Government which manages historical buildings and ancient monuments in Wales.
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*List of hill forts in Wales
This is a list of hillforts in Wales.
Anglesey
* Din Sylwy (Bwrdd Arthur) (), contour fort
* Caer Idris Hillfort (), promontory fort
*Caer y Twr (), partial contour fort
* Dinas Gynfor (), promontory fort
* Dinas Porth Ruffydd (), promontory ...
*List of Roman villas in Wales
A list of Roman villas in Wales confirmed by archaeology.
References
See also
* List of Roman villas in England
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Villas, Wales
Roman villas
Villas in Wales ...
*List of castles in Wales
Wales is sometimes called the "castle capital of the world" because of the large number of castles in a relatively small area. Wales had about 600 castles, of which over 100 are still standing, either as ruins or as restored buildings. The ...
*Historic houses in Wales
This is intended to be as full a list as possible of country houses, castles, palaces, other stately homes, and manor houses in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands; any architecturally notable building which has served as a residence f ...
*List of monastic houses in Wales
List of monastic houses in Wales is a catalogue of abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses in Wales.
In this article, alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges ...
*List of museums in Wales
This list of museums in Wales contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scienti ...
*Listed buildings in Wales
This is a list of listed buildings in Wales, which are among the listed buildings of the United Kingdom.
Key
The organization of the lists is on the same basis as the statutory register. County names are those used in the register, which in t ...
References
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Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...