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.
See main article: Lists of scheduled monuments in Wales.
| Image | Name | Site type | Community | Location | Details | Historic County | Period | SAM No & Refs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambered tomb | Pentyrch | 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] | ||||
| < | --insert image here--> | Five Round Barrows on Garth Hill | Round barrow | Pentyrch | 51.5436°N -3.2932°W, ST104835 | Glamorganshire | Prehistoric | GM107 [4] | ||
| < | --insert image here--> | Cooking Mound East of Taff Terrace | Burnt mound | Radyr and Morganstown | 51.5126°N -3.2488°W, ST134800 | Glamorganshire | Prehistoric | GM427 [5] | ||
| Caerau Hillfort | Hillfort | Caerau, (also Ely) | 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] | |||
| < | --insert image here--> | Llwynda-Ddu Camp | Hillfort | Pentyrch | 51.5209°N -3.2861°W, ST109810 | A small iron age hillfort | Glamorganshire | Prehistoric | GM180 [8] | |
| < | --insert image here--> | Castle Field Camp E of Craig-Llywn | Hillfort | Pontprennau | 51.5494°N -3.1486°W, ST204840 | Glamorganshire | Prehistoric | GM066 [9] | ||
| < | --insert image here--> | Wenallt Camp, Rhiwbina | Hillfort | Rhiwbina | 51.5373°N -3.2239°W, ST152827 | Glamorganshire | Prehistoric | GM097 [10] | ||
| Cardiff Castle and Roman Fort | Fort | Castle | 51.4824°N -3.1811°W, ST180765 | Glamorganshire | Roman | GM171 [11] | ||||
| < | --insert image here--> | Pen y lan Roman Site | Settlement | Roath | 51.5017°N -3.1563°W, ST198787 | Glamorganshire | Roman | GM296 [12] | ||
| < | --insert image here--> | Ely Roman Villa | Villa | Caerau | 51.4777°N -3.2295°W, ST147761 | Glamorganshire | Roman | GM205 [13] | ||
| Cross in Llandaff Cathedral | Cross | Llandaff | 51.4956°N -3.2176°W, ST155781 | Glamorganshire | Early Medieval | GM115 [14] | ||||
| Leckwith Bridge | Bridge | Canton, (also Michaelston) | 51.4699°N -3.212°W, ST159752 | Glamorganshire | Medieval | GM014 [15] | ||||
| Blackfriars Priory (dominican), Bute Park | Friary | Castle | 51.4832°N -3.1853°W, ST177766 | Glamorganshire | Medieval | GM173 [16] | ||||
| Castell Morgraig | Castle | Lisvane, (also Caerphilly) | 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 | 51.4953°N -3.2186°W, ST154780 | Glamorganshire | Medieval | GM013 [18] | ||||
| Old Bishop's Palace, Llandaff | Bishop's Palace | Llandaff | 51.4945°N -3.2172°W, ST155779 | Glamorganshire | Medieval | GM073 [19] | ||||
| St Mellons Churchyard Cross | Cross | Old St Mellons | 51.5258°N -3.1134°W, ST228813 | Monmouthshire | Medieval | MM121 [20] | ||||
| Morganstown Castle Mound | Motte | Radyr and Morganstown | 51.5291°N -3.2579°W, ST128818 | Glamorganshire | Medieval | GM256 [21] | ||||
| Twmpath Castle | Motte | Rhiwbina | 51.5323°N -3.2213°W, ST153822 | Glamorganshire | Medieval | GM017 [22] | ||||
| Caer Castell Camp | Motte | Rumney | 51.5167°N -3.1156°W, ST226803 | Glamorganshire | Medieval | GM216 [23] | ||||
| Castle | Tongwynlais | 51.536°N -3.2549°W, ST130826 | Glamorganshire | Medieval | GM206 [24] | |||||
| Relict Seawall on Rumney Great Wharf | Seawall | Trowbridge | 51.4958°N -3.1008°W, ST236780 | Glamorganshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | GM474 [25] | ||||
| Three Palmerstonian Gun Batteries, Flat Holm | Battery | Butetown | 51.3798°N -3.1216°W, ST220651 | Glamorganshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | GM351 [26] | ||||
| < | --insert image here--> | Ely Tidal Harbour Coal Staithe Number One | Staithes | Grangetown | 51.4478°N -3.1827°W, ST179727 | Glamorganshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | GM583 [27] | ||
| < | --insert image here--> | The Wreck of the "Louisa" | Boat | Grangetown | 51.4592°N -3.1795°W, ST181740 | Glamorganshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | GM553 [28] | ||
| < | --insert image here--> | Queen Alexandra Dock Harbour Defence Gun Emplacement | Gun House | Butetown | 51.452°N -3.1564°W, ST197731 | Glamorganshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | GM618 [29] | ||
| Melingriffith Water Pump | Pump | Whitchurch | 51.5122°N -3.2378°W, ST142799 | Glamorganshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | GM312 [30] | ||||
| < | --insert image here--> | Flat Holm Coastal and Anti-aircraft Defences | Battery | Butetown | 51.3765°N -3.1214°W, ST220647 | Glamorganshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | GM595 [31] |