List of scheduled monuments in Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital and largest city in Wales. The county, which takes in a number of smaller settlements around the city, has 28 scheduled monuments. These include sites from every period of Welsh history, from the Neolithic onwards. With four hillforts, six castles and six coastal/port sites, they reflect Cardiff's military and strategic role within South Wales. All but one of the sites on this list are within the historic county of Glamorgan. (A small part of the modern unitary authority area was formerly part of Monmouthshire.)

Scheduled monuments have statutory protection. The compilation of the list is undertaken by Cadw Welsh Historic Monuments, which is an executive agency of the National Assembly of Wales.^[1] The list of scheduled monuments below is supplied by Cadw^[2] with additional material from RCAHMW and Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.

Scheduled monuments in Cardiff

Image	Name	Site type	Community	Location	Details	Historic County	Period	SAM No & Refs
	Cae-yr-Arfau Burial Chamber [cy; de]	Chambered tomb	Pentyrch	51°31′50″N 3°19′54″W / 51.5306°N 3.3317°W / 51.5306; -3.3317 (Cae-yr-Arfau Burial Chamber), ST077821	Two upright stones support a large slab of a neolithic chambered tomb. Having been used in the past as a coal store, it is now overgrown in a garden	Glamorganshire	1Prehistoric (Neolithic)	GM030 [3]
	Five Round Barrows on Garth Hill	Round barrow	Pentyrch	51°32′37″N 3°17′36″W / 51.5436°N 3.2932°W / 51.5436; -3.2932 (Five Round Barrows on Garth Hill), ST104835		Glamorganshire	1.2Prehistoric	GM107 [4]
	Cooking Mound East of Taff Terrace	Burnt mound	Radyr and Morganstown	51°30′45″N 3°14′56″W / 51.5126°N 3.2488°W / 51.5126; -3.2488 (Cooking Mound East of Taff Terrace), ST134800		Glamorganshire	1.2Prehistoric	GM427 [5]
	Caerau Hillfort	Hillfort	Caerau, (also Ely)	51°28′03″N 3°14′54″W / 51.4675°N 3.2484°W / 51.4675; -3.2484 (Caerau Camp), ST133750	Hillfort of some 5 ha, with wooded ramparts. Within the Iron Age hillfort are a ruined church (13th century but possibly pre-Norman) and a castle ringwork. Featured in Time Team dig, April 2012[6]	Glamorganshire	1.6Prehistoric (Iron Age)	GM018 [7]
	Llwynda-Ddu Camp	Hillfort	Pentyrch	51°31′15″N 3°17′10″W / 51.5209°N 3.2861°W / 51.5209; -3.2861 (Llwynda-Ddu Camp), ST109810	A small iron age hillfort	Glamorganshire	1.6Prehistoric	GM180 [8]
	Castle Field Camp E of Craig-Llywn	Hillfort	Pontprennau	51°32′58″N 3°08′55″W / 51.5494°N 3.1486°W / 51.5494; -3.1486 (Castle Field Camp E of Craig-Llywn), ST204840		Glamorganshire	1.6Prehistoric	GM066 [9]
	Wenallt Camp, Rhiwbina	Hillfort	Rhiwbina	51°32′14″N 3°13′26″W / 51.5373°N 3.2239°W / 51.5373; -3.2239 (Wenallt Camp, Rhiwbina), ST152827		Glamorganshire	1.6Prehistoric	GM097 [10]
	Cardiff Castle and Roman Fort	Fort	Castle	51°28′57″N 3°10′52″W / 51.4824°N 3.1811°W / 51.4824; -3.1811 (Cardiff Castle and Roman Fort), ST180765		Glamorganshire	2Roman	GM171 [11]
	Pen y lan Roman Site	Settlement	Roath	51°30′06″N 3°09′23″W / 51.5017°N 3.1563°W / 51.5017; -3.1563 (Pen y lan Roman Site), ST198787		Glamorganshire	2Roman	GM296 [12]
	Ely Roman Villa	Villa	Caerau	51°28′40″N 3°13′46″W / 51.4777°N 3.2295°W / 51.4777; -3.2295 (Ely Roman Villa), ST147761		Glamorganshire	2.5Roman	GM205 [13]
	Cross in Llandaff Cathedral	Cross	Llandaff	51°29′44″N 3°13′03″W / 51.4956°N 3.2176°W / 51.4956; -3.2176 (Cross in Llandaff Cathedral), ST155781		Glamorganshire	3Early Medieval	GM115 [14]
	Leckwith Bridge	Bridge	Canton, (also Michaelston)	51°28′12″N 3°12′43″W / 51.4699°N 3.212°W / 51.4699; -3.212 (Leckwith Bridge), ST159752		Glamorganshire	4Medieval	GM014 [15]
	Blackfriars Priory (dominican), Bute Park	Friary	Castle	51°29′00″N 3°11′07″W / 51.4832°N 3.1853°W / 51.4832; -3.1853 (Dominican Friary), ST177766		Glamorganshire	4Medieval	GM173 [16]
	Castell Morgraig	Castle	Lisvane, (also Caerphilly)	51°33′07″N 3°12′47″W / 51.5519°N 3.213°W / 51.5519; -3.213 (Castell Morgraig), ST159843	(Site is on the border with Caerphilly)	Glamorganshire	4Medieval	GM031 [17]
	Llandaff Cathedral Bell Tower	Bell Tower	Llandaff	51°29′43″N 3°13′07″W / 51.4953°N 3.2186°W / 51.4953; -3.2186 (Llandaff Cathedral Bell Tower), ST154780		Glamorganshire	4Medieval	GM013 [18]
	Old Bishop's Palace, Llandaff	Bishop's Palace	Llandaff	51°29′40″N 3°13′02″W / 51.4945°N 3.2172°W / 51.4945; -3.2172 (Old Bishop's Palace, Llandaff), ST155779		Glamorganshire	4Medieval	GM073 [19]
	St Mellons Churchyard Cross	Cross	Old St Mellons	51°31′33″N 3°06′48″W / 51.5258°N 3.1134°W / 51.5258; -3.1134 (St Mellons Churchyard Cross), ST228813		Monmouthshire	4Medieval	MM121 [20]
	Morganstown Castle Mound	Motte	Radyr and Morganstown	51°31′45″N 3°15′28″W / 51.5291°N 3.2579°W / 51.5291; -3.2579 (Morganstown Castle Mound), ST128818		Glamorganshire	4Medieval	GM256 [21]
	Twmpath Castle	Motte	Rhiwbina	51°31′56″N 3°13′17″W / 51.5323°N 3.2213°W / 51.5323; -3.2213 (Twmpath, Rhiwbina), ST153822		Glamorganshire	4Medieval	GM017 [22]
	Caer Castell Camp	Motte	Rumney	51°31′00″N 3°06′56″W / 51.5167°N 3.1156°W / 51.5167; -3.1156 (Caer Castell Camp), ST226803		Glamorganshire	4Medieval	GM216 [23]
	Castell Coch	Castle	Tongwynlais	51°32′10″N 3°15′18″W / 51.536°N 3.2549°W / 51.536; -3.2549 (Castell Coch), ST130826		Glamorganshire	4Medieval	GM206 [24]
	Relict Seawall on Rumney Great Wharf	Seawall	Trowbridge	51°29′45″N 3°06′03″W / 51.4958°N 3.1008°W / 51.4958; -3.1008 (Relict Seawall on Rumney Great Wharf), ST236780		Glamorganshire	5.59Post-Medieval/Modern	GM474 [25]
	Three Palmerstonian Gun Batteries, Flat Holm	Battery	Butetown	51°22′47″N 3°07′18″W / 51.3798°N 3.1216°W / 51.3798; -3.1216 (Three Palmerstonian Gun Batteries, Flat Holm), ST220651		Glamorganshire	5.8Post-Medieval/Modern	GM351 [26]
	Ely Tidal Harbour Coal Staithe Number One	Staithes	Grangetown	51°26′52″N 3°10′58″W / 51.4478°N 3.1827°W / 51.4478; -3.1827 (Ely Tidal Harbour Coal Staithe Number One), ST179727		Glamorganshire	5.8Post-Medieval/Modern	GM583 [27]
	The Wreck of the "Louisa"	Boat	Grangetown	51°27′33″N 3°10′46″W / 51.4592°N 3.1795°W / 51.4592; -3.1795 (The Wreck of the "Louisa"), ST181740		Glamorganshire	5.8Post-Medieval/Modern	GM553 [28]
	Queen Alexandra Dock Harbour Defence Gun Emplacement	Gun House	Butetown	51°27′07″N 3°09′23″W / 51.452°N 3.1564°W / 51.452; -3.1564 (Queen Alexandra Dock Harbour Defence Gun Emplacement), ST197731		Glamorganshire	5.9Post-Medieval/Modern	GM618 [29]
	Melingriffith Water Pump	Pump	Whitchurch	51°30′44″N 3°14′16″W / 51.5122°N 3.2378°W / 51.5122; -3.2378 (Melingriffith Water Pump), ST142799		Glamorganshire	5.9Post-Medieval/Modern	GM312 [30]
	Flat Holm Coastal and Anti-aircraft Defences	Battery	Butetown	51°22′35″N 3°07′17″W / 51.3765°N 3.1214°W / 51.3765; -3.1214 (Flat Holm Coastal and Anti-aircraft Defences), ST220647		Glamorganshire	5.94Post-Medieval/Modern	GM595 [31]

Scheduled monuments in Cardiff, Wales.
=Prehistoric =Roman =Early Medieval
=Medieval =Post-Medieval/Modern

See also

• Listed buildings in Cardiff
• List of Cadw properties
• List of castles in Wales
• List of hill forts in Wales
• Historic houses in Wales
• List of monastic houses in Wales
• List of museums in Wales
• List of Roman villas in Wales

References

• Coflein is the online database of RCAHMW: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, GGAT is the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust, Cadw is the Welsh Historic Monuments Agency

This page was last edited on 15 November 2022, at 22:21