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
The Cambrian Mountains ( cy, Mynyddoedd Cambria, in a narrower sense: ''Elenydd'') are a series of mountain ranges in Wales.
The term ''Cambrian Mountains'' used to apply to most of the upland of Wales. Since the 1950s, its application has becom ...
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
Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...
sites and 101
Roman,
Medieval and
Post Medieval sites.
Ceredigion is both a unitary authority and a
historic county. Historically the county was called
Cardiganshire
Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been administered as a county since 1282. Cere ...
. Between 1974 and 1996 it was merged with
Carmarthenshire and
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The count ...
to form
Dyfed.
Prehistoric sites
: The ''prehistoric'' monuments (pre-Roman) include 13
Neolithic and
Bronze Age scheduled standing stones and three 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
:Of the 101 scheduled sites dating to Roman or later, there are four
Roman military sites, seven 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, five bridges, nine lead mines, six field defenses from
World War II, and an assortment of other sites – a total of 51 post-medieval monuments.
Scheduled monuments
Scheduled monuments 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. The list of scheduled monuments below is supplied by Cadw
[Cadw will send their list as a spreadsheet, or other electronic formats, on request, as indicated a]
www.whatdotheyknow.com
This list uses information dated May 2012 with additional material from
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and
Dyfed Archaeological Trust.
References
{{Scheduled monuments in Wales
Ceredigion
Buildings and structures in Ceredigion
