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. Ceredigion has a total of 264 Scheduled monuments. That is too many to have on a single list page, so for convenience the list is divided into two, 163 prehistoric sites and 101 Roman, Medieval and Post Medieval sites.

Prehistoric sites

Main article: List of Scheduled prehistoric Monuments in Ceredigion

The prehistoric monuments (pre-Roman) include 13 Neolithic and Bronze Age scheduled standing stones and 3 stone circles. There are a large and diverse variety of burial cairns, mounds and barrows, mainly from the Bronze Age and mainly on the eastern uplands, accounting for some 79 sites. A further 70 defensive Iron Age sites such as hillforts and enclosures are distributed across the county.

Roman to modern sites

Main article: List of Scheduled Roman to modern Monuments in Ceredigion

Of the 101 scheduled sites dating to Roman or later, there are four Roman military sites, 7 early Medieval sites, all of which are inscribed or carved stones. The 39 high Medieval sites are overwhelmingly defensive settlements: everything from castles, mottes and ringworks to enclosures and deserted house sites. The notable exception is the abbey ruins at Strata Florida. From the post-medieval period, there are 17 deserted settlements, 5 bridges, 9 lead mines, 6 field defenses from World War II, and an assortment of other sites - a total of 51 post-medieval monuments.

Ceredigion is both a unitary authority and a historic county. Historically the county was called Cardiganshire. Between 1974 and 1996 it was merged with Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire to form Dyfed.

Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAMs) have statutory protection. It is illegal to disturb the ground surface or any standing remains. 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 Dyfed Archaeological Trust.

Scheduled Monuments in Wales

North Wales

Gwynedd^‡

Anglesey

Caernarfonshire^†	Prehistoric

Merionethshire^†	Prehistoric

All of Gwynedd	Roman to modern

Clwyd^‡

Mid Wales

Powys

Brecknockshire ^†	Prehistoric Roman to modern

Montgomeryshire^†	Prehistoric Roman to modern

Radnorshire^†	Prehistoric Roman to modern

West Wales

Dyfed^‡

Carmarthenshire	Prehistoric Roman to modern

Ceredigion	Prehistoric Roman to modern

Pembrokeshire	Prehistoric (north Pembrokeshire) Prehistoric (south Pembrokeshire) Roman to modern

South Wales

Glamorgan^†	Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Merthyr Tydfil Neath Port Talbot Rhondda Cynon Taf Swansea Vale of Glamorgan

Gwent^‡	Blaenau Gwent Monmouthshire Newport Torfaen

Key: † Historic county ‡ preserved county

References

↑ Cadw: Ancient Monuments and Scheduling. Accessed 25 April 2013
↑ 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