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 4 hillforts, 6 castles and 6 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 Ancient Monuments (SAMs) 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	Chambered tomb	Pentyrch	51°31′50″N 3°19′54″W / 51.5306°N 3.3317°W, 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	Prehistoric (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, ST104835		Glamorganshire	Prehistoric	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, ST134800		Glamorganshire	Prehistoric	GM427 [5]
	Caerau Hillfort	Hillfort	Caerau, (also Ely)	51°28′03″N 3°14′54″W / 51.4675°N 3.2484°W, 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	Prehistoric (Iron Age)	GM018 [7]
	Llwynda-Ddu Camp	Hillfort	Pentyrch	51°31′15″N 3°17′10″W / 51.5209°N 3.2861°W, ST109810	A small iron age hillfort	Glamorganshire	Prehistoric	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, ST204840		Glamorganshire	Prehistoric	GM066 [9]
	Wenallt Camp, Rhiwbina	Hillfort	Rhiwbina	51°32′14″N 3°13′26″W / 51.5373°N 3.2239°W, ST152827		Glamorganshire	Prehistoric	GM097 [10]
	Cardiff Castle and Roman Fort	Fort	Castle	51°28′57″N 3°10′52″W / 51.4824°N 3.1811°W, ST180765		Glamorganshire	Roman	GM171 [11]
	Pen y lan Roman Site	Settlement	Roath	51°30′06″N 3°09′23″W / 51.5017°N 3.1563°W, ST198787		Glamorganshire	Roman	GM296 [12]
	Ely Roman Villa	Villa	Caerau	51°28′40″N 3°13′46″W / 51.4777°N 3.2295°W, ST147761		Glamorganshire	Roman	GM205 [13]
	Cross in Llandaff Cathedral	Cross	Llandaff	51°29′44″N 3°13′03″W / 51.4956°N 3.2176°W, ST155781		Glamorganshire	Early Medieval	GM115 [14]
	Leckwith Bridge	Bridge	Canton, (also Michaelston)	51°28′12″N 3°12′43″W / 51.4699°N 3.212°W, ST159752		Glamorganshire	Medieval	GM014 [15]
	Dominican Friary, Bute Park	Friary	Castle	51°29′00″N 3°11′07″W / 51.4832°N 3.1853°W, ST177766		Glamorganshire	Medieval	GM173 [16]
	Castell Morgraig	Castle	Lisvane, (also Caerphilly)	51°33′07″N 3°12′47″W / 51.5519°N 3.213°W, ST159843	(Site is on the border with Caerphilly)	Glamorganshire	Medieval	GM031 [17]
	Llandaff Cathedral Bell Tower	Bell Tower	Llandaff	51°29′43″N 3°13′07″W / 51.4953°N 3.2186°W, ST154780		Glamorganshire	Medieval	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, ST155779		Glamorganshire	Medieval	GM073 [19]
	St Mellons Churchyard Cross	Cross	Old St Mellons	51°31′33″N 3°06′48″W / 51.5258°N 3.1134°W, ST228813		Monmouthshire	Medieval	MM121 [20]
	Morganstown Castle Mound	Motte	Radyr and Morganstown	51°31′45″N 3°15′28″W / 51.5291°N 3.2579°W, ST128818		Glamorganshire	Medieval	GM256 [21]
	Twmpath, Rhiwbina	Motte	Rhiwbina	51°31′56″N 3°13′17″W / 51.5323°N 3.2213°W, ST153822		Glamorganshire	Medieval	GM017 [22]
	Caer Castell Camp	Motte	Rumney	51°31′00″N 3°06′56″W / 51.5167°N 3.1156°W, ST226803		Glamorganshire	Medieval	GM216 [23]
	Castell Coch	Castle	Tongwynlais	51°32′10″N 3°15′18″W / 51.536°N 3.2549°W, ST130826		Glamorganshire	Medieval	GM206 [24]
	Relict Seawall on Rumney Great Wharf	Seawall	Trowbridge	51°29′45″N 3°06′03″W / 51.4958°N 3.1008°W, ST236780		Glamorganshire	Post-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, ST220651		Glamorganshire	Post-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, ST179727		Glamorganshire	Post-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, ST181740		Glamorganshire	Post-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, ST197731		Glamorganshire	Post-Medieval/Modern	GM618 [29]
	Melingriffith Water Pump	Pump	Whitchurch	51°30′44″N 3°14′16″W / 51.5122°N 3.2378°W, ST142799		Glamorganshire	Post-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, ST220647		Glamorganshire	Post-Medieval/Modern	GM595 [31]

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

See also

• 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 website database of RCAHMW, GGAT is the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust, Cadw is the Welsh Historic Monuments Agency

1. Cadw: Ancient Monuments and Scheduling. Accessed 25 April 2013
2. Cadw will send their list as a spreadsheet, or other electronic formats, on request, as indicated at www.whatdotheyknow.com. This list uses information dated May 2012
3. coflein NPRN: 93016. GGAT PRN: 00620m. Cadw SAM: GM030: Cae-yr-Arfau Burial Chamber
4. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM107: Five Round Barrows on Garth Hill
5. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM427: Cooking Mound East of Taff Terrace
6. Time team article on caerau hillfort
7. coflein NPRN: 94517. GGAT PRN: 00093s. Cadw SAM: GM018: Caerau Camp
8. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM180: Llwynda-Ddu Camp
9. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM066: Castle Field Camp E Of Craig-Llywn
10. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM097: Wenallt Camp, Rhiwbina
11. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM171: Cardiff Castle and Roman Fort
12. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM296: Pen y lan Roman Site
13. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM205: Ely Roman Villa
14. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM115: Cross in Llandaff Cathedral
15. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM014: Leckwith Bridge
16. coflein NPRN: 307772. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM173: Dominican Friary
17. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM031: Castell Morgraig
18. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM013: Llandaff Cathedral Bell Tower
19. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM073: Old Bishop's Palace, Llandaff
20. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: MM121: St Mellons Churchyard Cross
21. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM256: Morganstown Castle Mound
22. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM017: Twmpath, Rhiwbina
23. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM216: Caer Castell Camp
24. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM206: Castell Coch
25. coflein NPRN: 275880. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM474: Relict Seawall on Rumney Great Wharf
26. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM351: Three Palmerstonian Gun Batteries, Flat Holm
27. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM583: Ely Tidal Harbour Coal Staithe Number One
28. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM553: The Wreck of the "Louisa"
29. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM618: Queen Alexandra Dock Harbour Defence Gun Emplacement
30. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM312: Melingriffith Water Pump
31. coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM595: Flat Holm Coastal and Anti-aircraft Defences