Wrexham County Borough is in north-east Wales, straddling the ancient border earthwork Offa's Dyke. There are 107 scheduled monuments in the county borough. The 29 Bronze Age and Iron Age sites are mainly found to the west of Offa's dyke, and are in the main burial mounds and hillforts on the uplands. To the east of the dyke are the majority of the 18 medieval sites, mainly domestic, defensive or ecclesiastical. Running through the centre are the 28 early medieval sites along Offa's Dyke, and 10 scheduled sections of the older Wat's Dyke. Close by, clustered around the coal and mineral deposits in a central belt are also the 19 post-medieval sites. These are extraction and industrial sites, plus the World Heritage Site at Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. The Wrexham administrative area lies within the two historic counties of Denbighshire and Flintshire.
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 Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.
See main article: Lists of scheduled monuments in Wales.
Image | Name | Site type | Community | Location | Details | Historic County | Period | SAM No & Refs | |
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< | --insert image here--> | Two Round Barrows N of Whitewell Church | Round barrow | Bronington | 52.9694°N -2.7544°W, SJ494416 | Flintshire | FL058 [3] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Gatewen Hall round barrow | Round barrow | Broughton | 53.055°N -3.0205°W, SJ317513 | Denbighshire | DE290 [4] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Cadair Berwyn, round cairn on N ridge of | Round cairn | Ceiriog Ucha, (also Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant), (see also Powys) | 52.8923°N -3.3697°W, SJ079336 | Denbighshire | DE297 [5] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Pen-plaenau cairns and standing stone | Round cairn | Ceiriog Ucha | 52.9173°N -3.3004°W, SJ126363 | Denbighshire | DE294 [6] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Tomen y Gwyddel Round Barrow | Round barrow | Ceiriog Ucha | 52.9107°N -3.228°W, SJ175355 | Bronze Age barrow, dug through by treasure seekers in 1854, apparently without finding anything. | Denbighshire | DE171 [7] | |
< | --insert image here--> | Y Garnedd Wen Round Cairn | Round cairn | Ceiriog Ucha | 52.8713°N -3.2866°W, SJ134312 | Denbighshire | DE278 [8] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Croes-Foel Round Barrow | Round barrow | Esclusham | 53.0257°N -3.0345°W, SJ307481 | Denbighshire | DE048 [9] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Hadfod-y-Bwlch Round Barrow | Round barrow | Esclusham | 53.022°N -3.0322°W, SJ308476 | Denbighshire | DE047 [10] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Graig cairn | Round cairn | Glyntraian | 52.9302°N -3.1337°W, SJ238375 | Denbighshire | DE295 [11] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Orseddwen cairn | Round cairn | Glyntraian | 52.8983°N -3.1203°W, SJ247340 | Denbighshire | DE292 [12] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Pen-y-Brongyll Round Barrow | Round barrow | Glyntraian | 52.9371°N -3.1593°W, SJ221383 | Denbighshire | DE226 [13] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Sutton Green round barrow | Round barrow | Isycoed | 53.0305°N -2.8871°W, SJ406485 | Denbighshire | DE291 [14] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Bryn Du cairn | Round cairn | Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog | 52.916°N -3.2542°W, SJ157361 | Denbighshire | DE293 [15] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Tomen y Meirw | Round barrow | Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog | 52.934°N -3.2485°W, SJ161381 | Denbighshire | DE102 [16] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Wilderness Round Barrows | Round barrow | Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, (also Llangollen), (also Corwen), (see also Denbighshire) | 52.9539°N -3.2298°W, SJ174403 | Denbighshire | DE092 [17] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Bryn Alyn Round Barrow | Round barrow | Llay | 53.0802°N -2.9971°W, SJ333541 | Denbighshire | DE059 [18] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Esclusham Mountain Cairn, Minera | Round cairn | Minera | 53.0527°N -3.1039°W, SJ261511 | Denbighshire | DE196 [19] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Fairy Oak Round Barrow | Round barrow | Offa | 53.0396°N -2.9985°W, SJ331496 | Denbighshire | DE163 [20] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Hillbury Round Barrow | Round barrow | Offa | 53.0376°N -2.9943°W, SJ334493 | Denbighshire | DE164 [21] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Cefn y Gader Round Barrows | Round barrow | Penycae, (also Llandegla), (also Minera), (see also Denbighshire) | 53.0393°N -3.1384°W, SJ237497 | Denbighshire | DE070 [22] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Eglwyseg Mountain Round Barrow | Round barrow | Penycae, (also Llantysilio), (see also Denbighshire) | 53.0086°N -3.147°W, SJ231463 | Denbighshire | DE066 [23] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Penycae Cairn | Round cairn | Penycae | 53.0249°N -3.1289°W, SJ243481 | Denbighshire | DE268 [24] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Ruabon Mountain Round Barrow | Round barrow | Penycae | 53.0214°N -3.1083°W, SJ257476 | Denbighshire | DE127 [25] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Two Cairns on Ruabon Mountain | Round cairn | Penycae | 53.0004°N -3.1421°W, SJ234453 | Denbighshire | DE263 [26] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Darland Wood Round Barrows | Round barrow | Ruabon | 52.9727°N -3.0457°W, SJ298422 | Denbighshire | DE223 [27] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Mynydd Bach Camp | Hillfort | Ceiriog Ucha | 52.8972°N -3.2621°W, SJ151340 | Denbighshire | DE120 [28] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Pen y Gaer Hillfort | Hillfort | Llangollen Rural | 52.9761°N -3.1178°W, SJ250426 | Denbighshire | DE231 [29] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Bryn Alyn Camp | Hillfort | Llay | 53.0761°N -2.9993°W, SJ331536 | Denbighshire | DE057 [30] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Gardden Camp | Hillfort | Ruabon | 52.9958°N -3.0488°W, SJ297447 | Denbighshire | DE129 [31] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Pen-Plaenau Roman Marching Camp | Marching camp | Ceiriog Ucha | 52.9168°N -3.3237°W, SJ110363 | Denbighshire | DE296 [32] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Holt Roman Settlement | Bath-house | Holt | 53.0846°N -2.8883°W, SJ405545 | Denbighshire | DE013 [33] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Tomen Garmon | Mound | Ceiriog Ucha | 52.8862°N -3.2529°W, SJ157328 | Circular mound interpreted as a preaching mound, although a motte or barrow are possibilities. Located near the centre of Dyffryn Ceriog Llanarmon, and named after the local saint Garmon. | Denbighshire | DE170 [34] | |
< | --insert image here--> | Wat's Dyke Section extending from Erddig Park to Middle Sontley | Linear earthwork | Esclusham | 53.029°N -3.0071°W, SJ325438 | Denbighshire | DE152 [35] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Wat's Dyke Section extending from Middle Sontley to Black Brook Bridge | Linear earthwork | Esclusham | 53.0088°N -3.0115°W, SJ322462 | Denbighshire | DE153 [36] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Wat's Dyke Section W of Ty-Gwyn | Linear earthwork | Gwersyllt | 53.0686°N -2.9967°W, SJ333528 | Denbighshire | DE151 [37] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Wat's Dyke : Section South of Ruthin Road | Linear earthwork | Offa | 53.0426°N -3.0048°W, SJ327499 | Denbighshire | DE165 [38] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Wat's Dyke Section SSW of Wrexham Station, 130m Long | Linear earthwork | Offa | 53.049°N -3.0026°W, SJ328506 | Denbighshire | DE191 [39] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Wat's Dyke Sections N & S of the Court | Linear earthwork | Offa | 53.0357°N -3.0034°W, SJ328491 | Denbighshire | DE173 [40] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Wat's Dyke at Crispin Lane, Wrexham | Linear earthwork | Rhosddu | 53.0536°N -3.0012°W, SJ329511 | Denbighshire | DE286 [41] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Wat's Dyke Garden Village Section | Linear earthwork | Rhosddu | 53.0637°N -2.9973°W, SJ332522 | Denbighshire | DE221 [42] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Wat's Dyke Section extending from Black Brook Bridge to Pentre-Clawdd | Linear earthwork | Ruabon | 52.9988°N -3.0176°W, SJ318450 | Denbighshire | DE154 [43] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Wat's Dyke Section extending from Pentre-Clawdd to Wynnstay Park | Linear earthwork | Ruabon | 52.988°N -3.0283°W, SJ310439 | Denbighshire | DE155 [44] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Mountain View Section | Linear earthwork | Brymbo | 53.0807°N -3.0628°W, SJ289542 | Denbighshire | DE222 [45] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Brymbo Hill Section | Linear earthwork | Brymbo | 53.078°N -3.0619°W, SJ289539 | Denbighshire | DE109 [46] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Section S from Cae Llewellyn | Linear earthwork | Brymbo | 53.0661°N -3.0588°W, SJ291526 | Denbighshire | DE110 [47] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Section S from Pen y Coed | Linear earthwork | Brymbo | 53.0826°N -3.0636°W, SJ288544 | Denbighshire | DE112 [48] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Section South of Brymbo Colliery | Linear earthwork | Brymbo | 53.072°N -3.06°W, SJ290532 | Denbighshire | DE185 [49] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Vron Farm Section | Linear earthwork | Brymbo | 53.0599°N -3.0579°W, SJ291519 | Denbighshire | DE113 [50] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Vron Section | Linear earthwork | Brymbo | 53.0641°N -3.0586°W, SJ291523 | Denbighshire | DE184 [51] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Caeau-Gwynion Section | Linear earthwork | Chirk | 52.9489°N -3.082°W, SJ273396 | Denbighshire | DE133 [52] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Chirk Castle Section extending NE from Castle Mill | Linear earthwork | Chirk | 52.9341°N -3.0932°W, SJ266379 | Denbighshire | DE134 [53] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Chirk Park Section extending 340m NE of Home Farm | Linear earthwork | Chirk | 52.9386°N -3.09°W, SJ268384 | Denbighshire | DE198 [54] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Chirk Park Section extending NE from the Lake | Linear earthwork | Chirk | 52.9439°N -3.0867°W, SJ270390 | Denbighshire | DE135 [55] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Section N & S of Plas-Offa | Linear earthwork | Chirk | 52.9591°N -3.0698°W, SJ282407 | Denbighshire | DE138 [56] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Section N & S of Tan-y-Cut | Linear earthwork | Chirk | 52.9615°N -3.0686°W, SJ283409 | Denbighshire | DE140 [57] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Section South of River Gwenfro | Linear earthwork | Coedpoeth | 53.0575°N -3.0573°W, SJ292516 | Denbighshire | DE183 [58] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke North Section at Coedpoeth | Linear earthwork | Coedpoeth | 53.0549°N -3.0566°W, SJ292513 | Denbighshire | DE182 [59] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Plas Power Section | Linear earthwork | Coedpoeth | 53.0404°N -3.0503°W, SJ296497 | Denbighshire | DE139 [60] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Section in Plas Power Park | Linear earthwork | Coedpoeth | 53.0455°N -3.0538°W, SJ294503 | Denbighshire | DE180 [61] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke South Section at Coedpoeth | Linear earthwork | Coedpoeth | 53.0519°N -3.0563°W, SJ292510 | Denbighshire | DE181 [62] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Cadwgan Hall Section, extending from River Clywedog to the Railway | Linear earthwork | Esclusham | 53.0332°N -3.0483°W, SJ297489 | Denbighshire | DE132 [63] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Pentre-Bychan Hall Section, extending 540m S from Bron-Wylfa | Linear earthwork | Esclusham | 53.0249°N -3.0462°W, SJ299480 | Denbighshire | DE137 [64] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Section extending 120m from Railway to Bronwylfa Road, Legacy | Linear earthwork | Esclusham | 53.0277°N -3.0471°W, SJ298483 | Denbighshire | DE194 [65] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Section S of Bryn yr Owen Farm | Linear earthwork | Esclusham | 53.0207°N -3.0453°W, SJ299475 | Denbighshire | DE174 [66] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Sections N & S of Bryn yr Owen Colliery | Linear earthwork | Esclusham | 53.0188°N -3.0452°W, SJ299473 | Denbighshire | DE179 [67] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Section from Footpath S of Pen-y-Bryn to Orseddwen | Linear earthwork | Glyntraian | 52.9121°N -3.1127°W, SJ252355 | Denbighshire | DE136 [68] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Section S of Aberderfyn Road | Linear earthwork | Rhosllanerchrugog | 53.0126°N -3.0436°W, SJ300466 | Denbighshire | DE178 [69] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Section N of Home Farm | Linear earthwork | Ruabon | 52.9805°N -3.0529°W, SJ294430 | Denbighshire | DE177 [70] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Section SW from Tatham Bridge | Linear earthwork | Ruabon | 52.9887°N -3.0494°W, SJ296440 | Denbighshire | DE141 [71] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Offa's Dyke Y Gardden Camp Section | Linear earthwork | Ruabon | 52.9939°N -3.0448°W, SJ299445 | Denbighshire | DE142 [72] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Bangor Bridge | Bridge | Bangor Is-y-coed | 53.0028°N -2.9136°W, SJ387454 | Flintshire | FL017 [73] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Haulton Ring Moated Site | Moated Site | Bronington | 52.9304°N -2.7918°W, SJ468372 | Flintshire | FL100 [74] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Mount Cop Castle Mound | Motte | Bronington | 52.9634°N -2.79°W, SJ470409 | Flintshire | FL099 [75] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Wolvesacre Hall Moated Site | Moated Site | Bronington | 52.9769°N -2.7363°W, SJ506424 | Flintshire | FL178 [76] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Castell y Waun Castle Mound | Motte | Chirk | 52.9308°N -3.0558°W, SJ291375 | Denbighshire | DE117 [77] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Cadwgan Hall Mound | Motte | Esclusham | 53.0316°N -3.0475°W, SJ298487 | Denbighshire | DE131 [78] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Moated Site near Groesfoel Farm, Rhostyllen | Moated Site | Esclusham | 53.0266°N -3.039°W, SJ304482 | Denbighshire | DE193 [79] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Halghton Lodge Moated Site | Moated Site | Hanmer | 52.9834°N -2.868°W, SJ418432 | Flintshire | FL174 [80] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Hanmer Churchyard Cross | Cross | Hanmer | 52.9523°N -2.813°W, SJ455397 | Flintshire | FL098 [81] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Hanmer Moated Site | Moated Site | Hanmer | 52.9529°N -2.8081°W, SJ458398 | Flintshire | FL184 [82] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Pear Tree Lane Moat & Fishpond | Moated Site | Hanmer | 52.9695°N -2.8396°W, SJ437416 | Flintshire | FL175 [83] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Fishponds at Esp Hill | Fishpond | Holt | 53.0786°N -2.8903°W, SJ404538 | Denbighshire | DE224 [84] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Holt Bridge | Bridge | Holt | 53.0834°N -2.88°W, SJ411543 | Denbighshire | DE024 [85] | ||
Holt Castle | Castle | Holt | 53.0779°N -2.8802°W, SJ411537 | Denbighshire | DE106 [86] | ||||
< | --insert image here--> | Penley Hall Moated Site | Moated Site | Maelor South | 52.9584°N -2.8695°W, SJ416404 | Flintshire | FL097 [87] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Erddig Mound & Bailey Castle | Motte & Bailey | Marchwiel | 53.0307°N -3.0045°W, SJ327486 | Denbighshire | DE017 [88] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Lightwood Farm Moated Site | Moated Site | Overton-on-Dee | 52.9629°N -2.9112°W, SJ388410 | Flintshire | FL095 [89] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Tallarn Green Moated Site | Moated Site | Willington Worthenbury | 52.9899°N -2.8255°W, SJ446439 | Flintshire | FL177 [90] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Peat Processing Works, Fenn's Moss | Industrial building | Bronington | 52.9248°N -2.7778°W, SJ478366 | Flintshire | FL182 [91] | ||
Brymbo Ironworks Early Blast Furnace, Cast House & Foundry | Industrial monument | Brymbo | 53.0742°N -3.0544°W, SJ294535 | Established by John Wilkinson, these iron and steel works operated between 1796 and 1990. An original blast furnace stack remains on the site. | Denbighshire | DE202 [92] | |||
< | --insert image here--> | Brymbo Lead Smelting Works | Industrial monument | Brymbo | 53.0774°N -3.0692°W, SJ284538 | Denbighshire | DE233 [93] | ||
Penrhos Engine House | Engine house | Brymbo | 53.0715°N -3.0675°W, SJ285532 | Denbighshire | DE203 [94] | ||||
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal [95] | Aqueduct | Chirk, (also Llangollen Rural), (also Llangollen), (see also Denbighshire) | 52.9702°N -3.0878°W, SJ270419 | Built in 1805, by Thomas Telford, this is the longest and highest aqueduct in Britain. It carries the Llangollen Canal over the River Dee. | Denbighshire | DE175 [96] | |||
< | --insert image here--> | The Holyhead Road: the Chirk Embankment and earlier trackways | Road | Chirk | 52.9301°N -3.0577°W, SJ289374 | Denbighshire | DE288 [97] | ||
Bersham Colliery No 2 Winding Gear | Industrial monument | Esclusham | 53.0264°N -3.0234°W, SJ314481 | One of 38 former coalmines in the Wrexham area, Bersham was productive from 1874 to 1976 | Denbighshire | DE199 [98] | |||
Bersham Ironworks | Ironworks | Esclusham | 53.0363°N -3.0346°W, SJ307493 | Ironworks of John Wilkinson, pioneering smooth-bored iron cannons. It now incorporates a museum. | Denbighshire | DE189 [99] | |||
< | --insert image here--> | Pont y Cysylltau | Bridge | Llangollen Rural | 52.9707°N -3.0913°W, SJ268420 | Denbighshire | DE027 [100] | ||
< | --insert image here--> | Bank of Six Vertical Limekilns at Minera Quarry | Limekiln | Minera | 53.0592°N -3.1086°W, SJ258519 | Built in 1852, there are 6 kilns, rising to 15m | Denbighshire | DE236 [101] | |
Meadow Shaft, Minera | Lead mine | Minera | 53.0507°N -3.0826°W, SJ275509 | These shafts had two periods of lead extraction, in the 18th and the mid-19th centuries. A restored pumping engine house, boiler house and chimney, winder engine house, rock crusher house, restored ore house and buddles are all part of the Minera Lead Mines Country Park. | Denbighshire | DE244 [102] | |||
< | --insert image here--> | Minera Halvans Plant | Industrial monument | Minera | 53.0554°N -3.0891°W, SJ271514 | Built by Taylors mining company from 1872, this site within the Lead Mines complex, extracted lead ore from existingheaps of low grade waste ('halvans'). The plant included a beam engine, Cornish crushers, boiler house and six buddles. | Denbighshire | DE242 [103] | |
Minera Hoffman Limekiln | Limekiln | Minera | 53.0598°N -3.1111°W, SJ256519 | Earliest Hoffman type limekiln in the world. An oval tunnel with 24 archways allowed burning to progress continuously round the kiln, built in 1868 | Denbighshire | DE235 [104] | |||
< | --insert image here--> | Nant Mill Wood Shaft Mounds | Shaft Mounds | Minera | 53.0472°N -3.0739°W, SJ281505 | Early bell pit coalmine shafts, south of the Minera lead mines | Denbighshire | DE237 [105] | |
< | --insert image here--> | New Minera Lead Mine | Lead mine | Minera | 53.0502°N -3.0776°W, SJ278508 | Located lower down the valley side than the older Minera lead mines, this site was worked from 1889 until the early 20th century. Now partially excavated, it has remains of various innovative items of machinery. | Denbighshire | DE241 [106] | |
Taylor's Shaft, Minera | Lead mine | Minera | 53.0535°N -3.0903°W, SJ270512 | Main lead mine shaft when Minera mines were re-opened in 1849. It was excavated in 1993-4 and includes winding house, chimney and boiler house bases | Denbighshire | DE243 [107] | |||
Wrexham Churchyard Ornamental Wrought Iron Gates and Screen | Gate | Offa | 53.0446°N -2.993°W, SJ335501 | Denbighshire | DE158 [108] | ||||
< | --insert image here--> | Wynnstay Colliery Walker Fan House | Industrial monument | Ruabon | 52.9826°N -3.054°W, SJ293433 | Denbighshire | DE238 [109] | ||
Wynnstay Colliery Winding Engine House | Engine house | Ruabon | 52.9822°N -3.0534°W, SJ293432 | Denbighshire | DE190 [110] | ||||