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 stones, several house platforms and two castle sites. Finally the modern period has 14 sites, mainly related to Merthyr's industries, including coal mining, transportation and iron works. Almost all of Merthyr Tydfil was in the historic county of Glamorgan, with several of the northernmost sites having been in Brecknockshire.
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 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
Image | Name | Site type | Community | Location | Details | Historic County | Period | SAM No & Refs |
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Gelligaer Standing Stone | Standing stone | Bedlinog | 51°43′20″N 3°17′58″W / 51.7221°N 3.2994°W, SO103034 |
A 2 m (6.6 ft) high stone on open moorland. Probably Bronze Age and with the possible remains of a Bronze Age burial alongside. An inscription on the stone, now mostly illegible, is described as either post-Roman/Early Christian or Early Medieval.[3][4][5] | Glamorganshire | GM221 | ||
Coed Cae Round Cairns | Round cairn | Bedlinog | 51°41′21″N 3°18′46″W / 51.6892°N 3.3127°W, ST093997 |
Located in a cairnfield with at least 19 stony mounds, the scheduling consists of a group of eight Bronze Age burial cairns.[6][7] | Glamorganshire | GM271 | ||
Gelligaer Common Round Cairns | Round cairn | Bedlinog | 51°43′16″N 3°18′03″W / 51.7211°N 3.3007°W, SO102032 |
A group of eleven Bronze Age burial cairns.[9] | Glamorganshire | GM220 | ||
Carn Castell y Meibion ring cairn | Ring cairn | Troed-y-rhiw[12][13] | 51°43′07″N 3°23′52″W / 51.7185°N 3.3979°W, SO035031 |
A ring cairn, possibly dating to the Bronze Age, with an 8 m (26 ft) diameter and surrounded by a 3 m (9.8 ft) wide stony ring bank.[12][13][14] | Glamorganshire | [14] Bronze Age[12][13] |
PrehistoricGM586 | |
Brynbychan Round Cairn | Round cairn | Merthyr Vale,[15][16] (also Mountain Ash),[17] (see also Rhondda Cynon Taff) | 51°40′52″N 3°21′23″W / 51.6812°N 3.3564°W, ST063989 |
A Bronze Age circular cairn with a diameter of 18 m (59 ft). There is an OS triangulation pillar on the site.[15][16][17] | Glamorganshire | [17] Bronze Age[15][16] |
PrehistoricGM286 | |
Cefn Merthyr Round Cairns | Cairnfield | Merthyr Vale | 51°41′32″N 3°19′43″W / 51.6922°N 3.3287°W, SO082001 |
Glamorganshire | GM272 [18] | |||
Morlais Hill ring cairn | Ring cairn | Pant | 51°46′39″N 3°22′29″W / 51.7774°N 3.3747°W, SO052096 |
Glamorganshire | GM563 [19] | |||
Tir Lan round barrow cemetery | Round barrow | Treharris | 51°41′09″N 3°18′36″W / 51.6857°N 3.31°W, ST095993 |
The remains of six Bronze Age round barrows, three to the north-west and three to the south-east of Tir Lan farm. All six remain substantially intact despite being reduced by ploughing in the past.[20] | Glamorganshire | [20] | PrehistoricGM270 [21] | |
Garn Las Earthwork | Round cairn | Troed-y-rhiw, (also Aberdare), (see also Rhondda Cynon Taf) | 51°43′29″N 3°24′26″W / 51.7248°N 3.4073°W, SO028038 |
The remains a circular burial cairn measuring 14 m (46 ft) in diameter, probably dating to the Bronze Age.[22] | Glamorganshire | GM236 | ||
Merthyr Common Round Cairns | Round cairn | Troed-y-rhiw | 51°43′46″N 3°20′09″W / 51.7295°N 3.3357°W, SO078042 |
A group of six Bronze Age burial cairns ranging from 5 to 19 m (16 to 62 ft) in diameter.[25] | Glamorganshire | [25] | PrehistoricGM222 [21] | |
Carn Ddu platform cairn | Platform Cairn | Vaynor | 51°48′13″N 3°23′59″W / 51.8037°N 3.3998°W, SO035125 |
Glamorganshire | GM570 [26] | |||
Cefn Cil-Sanws ring cairn | Ring cairn | Vaynor | 51°47′15″N 3°24′58″W / 51.7875°N 3.4162°W, SO024108 |
Glamorganshire | GM567 [27] | |||
Cefn Cil-Sanws, Cairn on SW side of | Round Cairn | Vaynor | 51°46′43″N 3°24′53″W / 51.7785°N 3.4147°W, SO024098 |
Brecknockshire | GM599 [28] | |||
Coetgae'r Gwartheg barrow cemetery | Round cairn | Vaynor | 51°47′37″N 3°25′08″W / 51.7935°N 3.419°W, SO022114 |
Glamorganshire | GM568 [29] | |||
Garn Pontsticill ring cairn | Ring cairn | Vaynor | 51°47′48″N 3°22′30″W / 51.7966°N 3.375°W, SO052117 |
Glamorganshire | GM569 [30] | |||
Dyke 315m E of Tyla-Glas | Ditch | Bedlinog | 51°42′12″N 3°17′15″W / 51.7033°N 3.2876°W, SO111012 |
The remains of a later prehistoric/medieval dyke with a clearly defined bank and ditch running east-west across a ridge top. The 3 m (9.8 ft) wide ditch is 1.5 m (4.9 ft) deep at its east end.[31] | Glamorganshire | [31] | PrehistoricGM260 [21] | |
Cefn Cil-Sanws Defended Enclosure | Enclosure - Defensive | Vaynor | 51°46′47″N 3°24′38″W / 51.7796°N 3.4105°W, SO027099 |
Brecknockshire | GM600 [32] | |||
Enclosure East of Nant Cwm Moel | Enclosure - Defensive | Vaynor | 51°47′32″N 3°23′38″W / 51.7922°N 3.394°W, SO039113 |
Glamorganshire | GM518 [33] | |||
Enclosure on Coedcae'r Ychain | Enclosure - Defensive | Vaynor | 51°47′29″N 3°25′00″W / 51.7915°N 3.4167°W, SO023112 |
Glamorganshire | GM519 [34] | |||
Gelligaer Common Roman Road | Road | Bedlinog | 51°43′21″N 3°18′03″W / 51.7226°N 3.3007°W, SO102034 |
Glamorganshire | GM556 [35] | |||
Nant Crew Inscribed Stone (now in St John's Church, Cefn Coed ) | Standing stone | Vaynor | 51°45′46″N 3°24′13″W / 51.7628°N 3.4035°W, SO032081 |
A 1.5 m (5 ft) high square-sectioned pillar stone thought to date to the Bronze Age. A Latin inscription on the west face and cross incised on the north face are from the 6th and 7th-9th centuries. Holes in the stone indicate that it had been used as a gatepost.[36][37][38] | Brecknockshire | [37] | Early MedievalBR145 | |
Platform Houses and Cairn Cemetery on Dinas Noddfa | House platforms (& Cairnfield) | Bedlinog | 51°43′10″N 3°18′48″W / 51.7195°N 3.3132°W, SO093031 |
Medieval house platforms, also prehistoric cairnfield | Glamorganshire | GM314 [39] | ||
Platform Houses on Coly Uchaf | Platform house | Bedlinog | 51°42′40″N 3°18′58″W / 51.7112°N 3.3161°W, SO091022 |
Glamorganshire | GM320 [40] | |||
Morlais Castle | Castle | Pant | 51°46′36″N 3°22′44″W / 51.7768°N 3.3789°W, SO049095 |
The collapsed remains of a castle begun in 1288 by Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Glamorgan. The walls enclosed an area of approximately 130 by 60 m (430 by 200 ft). It was captured during the 1294-95 rebellion of Madog ap Llywelyn and may have been abandoned shortly afterwards.[41][42][43][44] | Glamorganshire | [43] | MedievalGM028 | |
Cae Burdydd Castle | Motte | Vaynor | 51°46′57″N 3°22′56″W / 51.7824°N 3.3823°W, SO047102 |
A 3 m (9.8 ft) high motte and ditch dating to the medieval period. The diameter of 23 m (75 ft) narrows to 9 m (30 ft) at the top.[45][46][47] | Brecknockshire | [46] | MedievalBR118 | |
Cefn Car settlement | Building (Unclassified) | Vaynor | 51°48′30″N 3°25′32″W / 51.8084°N 3.4256°W, SO018131 |
Glamorganshire | GM571 [48] | |||
Gurnos Quarry Tramroad & Leat | Industrial monument | Gurnos | 51°45′45″N 3°24′01″W / 51.7624°N 3.4002°W, SO034080 |
Glamorganshire | GM478 [49] | |||
Sarn Howell Pond and Watercourses | Pond | Town | 51°44′50″N 3°19′27″W / 51.7471°N 3.3241°W, SO086062 |
Glamorganshire | GM494 [50] | |||
Abercanaid egg-ended boiler | Egg-ended Boiler, re-purposed as garden shed | Troed-y-rhiw | 51°43′29″N 3°22′04″W / 51.7248°N 3.3679°W, SO056037 |
Glamorganshire | GM572 [51][52] | |||
Cyfarthfa Canal Level | Canal Level | Cyfarthfa | 51°44′20″N 3°23′15″W / 51.7388°N 3.3876°W, SO042053 |
Glamorganshire | GM467 [53] | |||
Cyfarthfa Tramroad Section at Heolgerrig | Tramroad | Cyfarthfa | 51°44′46″N 3°24′16″W / 51.7462°N 3.4044°W, SO031062 |
Glamorganshire | GM495 [54] | |||
Iron Ore Scours and Patch Workings at Winch Fawr, Merthyr Tydfil | Iron mine | Cyfarthfa | 51°45′07″N 3°25′27″W / 51.752°N 3.4241°W, SO017068 |
Glamorganshire | GM554 [55] | |||
Ynys Fach Iron Furnaces | Industrial monument | Cyfarthfa | 51°44′42″N 3°23′03″W / 51.745°N 3.3841°W, SO045060 |
Glamorganshire | GM331 [56] | |||
Penydarren Tram Road | Trackway | Merthyr Vale | 51°40′15″N 3°19′49″W / 51.6707°N 3.3304°W, ST080977 |
Glamorganshire | GM359 [57] | |||
Iron Canal Bridge from Rhydycar | Bridge | Park | 51°45′01″N 3°23′09″W / 51.7504°N 3.3857°W, SO044066 |
Glamorganshire | GM486 [58] | |||
Pont-y-Cafnau tramroad bridge | Bridge | Park | 51°45′17″N 3°23′44″W / 51.7546°N 3.3956°W, SO037071 |
An ironwork bridge spanning the River Taff constructed in 1793. The name, meaning "bridge of troughs", comes from its unusual three tier design of a tramroad between two watercourses, one beneath the bridge deck and the other on an upper wooden structure which is no longer present. Pont-y-Cafnau is also Grade II* listed.[59][60][61][62] | Glamorganshire | GM424 | ||
Merthyr Tramroad: Morlais Castle section | Tramroad | Pant | 51°46′43″N 3°22′57″W / 51.7786°N 3.3826°W, SO047097 |
Glamorganshire | GM594 [64] | |||
Merthyr Tramroad Tunnel (Trevithick's Tunnel) | Tramroad | Troed-y-rhiw | 51°44′06″N 3°22′07″W / 51.7349°N 3.3686°W, SO055049 |
Glamorganshire | GM573 [65] | |||
Cwmdu Air Shaft & Fan | Air Shaft | Cyfarthfa | 51°44′14″N 3°24′14″W / 51.7371°N 3.4039°W, SO031051 |
Glamorganshire | GM460 [66] | |||
Remains of Blast Furnaces, Cyfarthfa Ironworks | Blast Furnace | Park | 51°45′08″N 3°23′43″W / 51.7521°N 3.3952°W, SO037068 |
Glamorganshire | GM425 [67] | |||
Tai Mawr Leat for Cyfarthfa Iron Works | Leat | Park | 51°45′31″N 3°24′17″W / 51.7586°N 3.4046°W, SO031076 |
Glamorganshire | GM479 [68] | |||
Deserted Iron Mining Village, Ffos-y-fran | Industrial monument | Troed-y-rhiw | 51°44′31″N 3°20′47″W / 51.742°N 3.3463°W, SO071056 |
Glamorganshire | GM496 [69] |
See also
- Grade I listed buildings in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
- Grade II* listed buildings in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
- 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
- ↑ 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
- 1 2 "Cefn Gelli-gaer Inscribed Stone (305944)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- 1 2 Cadw. "Gelligaer Common Standing Stone (GM221)". National Historic Assets of Wales.
- ↑ Gelligaer Stone (ID PRN00635m) in the 'SMR' for Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT)
- 1 2 Cadw. "Coed Cae Round Cairns (GM271)". National Historic Assets of Wales.
- ↑ "Coedcae, Cairnfield (91925)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ Coedcae Cairnfield (ID PRN00565m) in the 'SMR' for Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT). Retrieved 20 October 2021
- 1 2 Cadw. "Gelligaer Common Round Cairns (GM220)". National Historic Assets of Wales.
- ↑ "Carn Y Bugail, Gelligaer Common (301283)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ Carn Bugail (Gelligaer Common Round Cairns SAM Gm 220e) (ID PRN00631m) in the 'SMR' for Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT)
- 1 2 3 "Carn Castellymeibion, Ring Cairn (305675)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- 1 2 3 Carn Castell Y Meibion B (Penwaun Iago North) (GM586) (ID PRN00490m) in the 'SMR' for Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT)
- 1 2 Cadw. "Carn Castell y Meibion ring cairn (GM586)". National Historic Assets of Wales.
- 1 2 3 "Brynbychan Cairn (94651)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- 1 2 3 TWYN BRYN BYCHAN ROUND CAIRN (ID PRN00559m) in the 'SMR' for Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT)
- 1 2 3 Cadw. "Brynbychan Round Cairn (GM286)". National Historic Assets of Wales.
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM272: Cefn Merthyr Round Cairns
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM563: Morlais Hill ring cairn
- 1 2 Cadw. "Tir Lan round barrow cemetery (GM270)". National Historic Assets of Wales.
- 1 2 3 coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified
- 1 2 Cadw. "Garn Las Earthwork (GM236)". National Historic Assets of Wales.
- ↑ "Garn Las (305670)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ↑ Garn Las (ID PRN00487m) in the 'SMR' for Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT)
- 1 2 Cadw. "Merthyr Common Round Cairns (GM222)". National Historic Assets of Wales.
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM570: Carn Ddu platform cairn
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM567: Cefn Cil-Sanws ring cairn
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM599: Cefn Cil-Sanws, Cairn on SW side of
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM568: Coetgae'r Gwartheg barrow cemetery
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM569: Garn Pontsticill ring cairn
- 1 2 Cadw. "Dyke 315m E of Tyla-Glas (GM260)". National Historic Assets of Wales.
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM600: Cefn Cil-Sanws Defended Enclosure
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM518: Enclosure East of Nant Cwm Moel
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM519: Enclosure on Coedcae'r Ychain
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM556: Gelligaer Common Roman Road
- ↑ "Nant Crew Inscribed Stone (now In Cefn Coed Church) (275615)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- 1 2 Cadw. "Nant Crew Inscribed Stone (now in Cefn Coed Church) (BR145)". National Historic Assets of Wales.
- ↑ Nant Crew Inscribed Stone (Now in Cefn Coed Church) (ID PRN00052m) in the 'SMR' for Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT)
- ↑ coflein NPRN: 15303. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM314: Platform Houses and Cairn Cemetery on Dinas Noddfa
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM320: Platform Houses on Coly Uchaf
- ↑ Newman 1995, pp. 441–42.
- ↑ "Morlais Castle, Pant, Merthyr Tydfil (93014)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- 1 2 Cadw. "Morlais Castle (GM028)". National Historic Assets of Wales.
- ↑ Morlais Castle, Pant) (ID PRN00443m) in the 'SMR' for Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT)
- ↑ "Cae Burdydd, Mound (305711)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- 1 2 Cadw. "Cae Burdydd Castle (BR118)". National Historic Assets of Wales.
- ↑ Cae Burdydd (ID PRN00439m) in the 'SMR' for Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT)
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM571: Cefn Car settlement
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM478: Gurnos Quarry Tramroad & Leat
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM494: Sarn Howell Pond and Watercourses
- ↑ coflein NPRN: 309757. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM572: Abercanaid haystack boiler
- ↑ "Abercanaid haystack boiler". Google Streetview.
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM467: Cyfarthfa Canal Level
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM495: Cyfarthfa Tramroad Section at Heolgerrig
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM554: Iron Ore Scours and Patch Workings at Winch Fawr, Merthyr Tydfil
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM331: Ynys Fach Iron Furnaces
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM359: Penydarren Tram Road
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM486: Iron Canal Bridge from Rhydycar
- ↑ Newman 1995, pp. 443–44.
- ↑ Cadw. "Pont-y-Cafnau (11408)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- 1 2 Cadw. "Pont y Cafnau Tramroad Bridge (GM424)". National Historic Assets of Wales.
- 1 2 "Pont-y-cafnau, Merthyr Tydfil (34860)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ↑ PONT Y CAFNAU (ID PRN01090m) in the 'SMR' for Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT)
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM594: Merthyr Tramroad: Morlais Castle section
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM573: Merthyr Tramroad Tunnel (Trevithick's Tunnel)
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM460: Cwmdu Air Shaft & Fan
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM425: Remains of Blast Furnaces, Cyfarthfa Ironworks
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM479: Tai Mawr Leat for Cyfarthfa Iron Works
- ↑ coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM496: Deserted Iron Mining Village, Ffos-y-fran
Bibliography
- Newman, John (1995). Glamorgan. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071056-6.