List of scheduled monuments in Bridgend
# List of scheduled monuments in Bridgend

Bridgend County Borough stretches from the south coast of Wales up to the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons. The 57 scheduled monuments cover over 4,000 years of the history of this part of South Wales. There are chambered tombs of the Neolithic, and burial cairns and standing stones of the Bronze Age, Iron Age hillforts, and a Roman villa. Four early medieval sites and 23 from the medieval post-Norman period cover defences, dwellings, stones and churches. Finally the modern period, beginning with an Elizabethan manor house, marks 400 years of industrial history, and ends at defenses from World War II. All of the sites on this list (and the whole of Bridgend County Borough) are within the historic county of Glamorgan.

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. The list of scheduled monuments below is supplied by Cadw with additional material from RCAHMW and Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.

## Scheduled monuments in Bridgend

| Name | Site type | Community | Location | Details | Period | SAM No & Refs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Coity Burial Chamber | Chambered tomb | Coity Higher | 51°31′34″N 3°32′54″W﻿ / ﻿51.5262°N 3.5482°W﻿ / 51.5262; -3.5482﻿ (Coity Burial Chamber), SS926819 | Ruins of a Neolithic chambered tomb, with four large stone slabs | 1.2Prehistoric (Neolithic) | GM068 |
| Tythegston Long Barrow | Long barrow | Merthyr Mawr | 51°30′03″N 3°38′14″W﻿ / ﻿51.5008°N 3.6371°W﻿ / 51.5008; -3.6371﻿ (Tythegston Long Barrow), SS864792 | Chambered tomb toward the east end of a long mound | 1.2Prehistoric (Neolithic) | GM022 |
| Ogof y Pebyll Bone Cave | Cave | Pencoed | 51°30′57″N 3°30′47″W﻿ / ﻿51.5159°N 3.5131°W﻿ / 51.5159; -3.5131﻿ (Ogof y Pebyll Cave), SS951807 | Cave in which have been found flint flakes and the teeth of numerous mammals | 1.3Prehistoric (Neolithic or Bronze Age?) | GM434 |
| Bryn Defaid Mound | Round cairn | Garw Valley | 51°36′45″N 3°36′26″W﻿ / ﻿51.6126°N 3.6071°W﻿ / 51.6126; -3.6071﻿ (Round Cairn 567m East of Bryn Defaid), SS888916 | Bronze Age cairn on the ridge between Maesteg and Blaengarw | 1.4Prehistoric (Bronze Age) | GM249 |
| Round Barrow on the Werfa | Round barrow | Ogmore Valley, (also Garw Valley) | 51°38′09″N 3°34′16″W﻿ / ﻿51.6359°N 3.5711°W﻿ / 51.6359; -3.5711﻿ (Round Barrow on the Werfa), SS913941 | Round barrow on the crest of the Mynnydd Llangweinwyr ridge | 1.4Prehistoric (Bronze Age) | GM499 |
| Bridgend Standing Stone | Standing stone | Bridgend | 51°30′14″N 3°35′00″W﻿ / ﻿51.5039°N 3.5832°W﻿ / 51.5039; -3.5832﻿ (Bridgend Standing Stone), SS902795 | Standing stone with several feint 'cup mark' decorations. It stands by a footpath that leads to Bridgend Bowls Club | 1.4Prehistoric (Bronze Age) | GM145 |
| Cefn Cross Standing Stone | Standing stone | Cefn Cribwr | 51°31′53″N 3°37′29″W﻿ / ﻿51.5314°N 3.6248°W﻿ / 51.5314; -3.6248﻿ (Cefn Cross Standing Stone), SS873826 | Standing stone, 2m high, triangular in section, and tapering to a blunt point. Further stones may once have stood in the vicinity. | 1.4Prehistoric (Bronze Age) | GM241 |
| Garn Lwyd Cairn | Round cairn | Garw Valley | 51°35′59″N 3°33′39″W﻿ / ﻿51.5997°N 3.5609°W﻿ / 51.5997; -3.5609﻿ (Cairn Lwyd), SS919901 | A stone-filled hole just below the crest of a hill on Llangeinor Common, between the Garw and Ogmore valleys | 1.4Prehistoric (Bronze Age) | GM238 |
| Groes y Bwlchgwyn Round Cairn | Round cairn | Garw Valley | 51°36′18″N 3°36′20″W﻿ / ﻿51.605°N 3.6055°W﻿ / 51.605; -3.6055﻿ (Croes y Bwlchgwyn Round Cairn), SS889907 | Possible round barrow, now in impenetrable pine forest. | 1.4Prehistoric (Bronze Age) | GM250 |
| Carn y Hyrddod | Round cairn | Ogmore Valley | 51°37′44″N 3°33′42″W﻿ / ﻿51.629°N 3.5618°W﻿ / 51.629; -3.5618﻿ (Carn y Hyrddod & Neighbouring Cairn), SS919934 | Grass covered mound in a commanding position on Llangeinor Common | 1.4Prehistoric (Bronze Age) | GM243 |
| Mynydd Caerau Round Cairns | Round cairn | Maesteg | 51°38′14″N 3°36′21″W﻿ / ﻿51.6373°N 3.6058°W﻿ / 51.6373; -3.6058﻿ (Mynydd Caerau Round Cairns), SS889943 | A group of 6 cairns around the summit of Mynydd Caerau | 1.4Prehistoric (Bronze Age) | GM232 |
| Mynydd Herbert Round Barrow | Round barrow | Merthyr Mawr | 51°30′21″N 3°39′23″W﻿ / ﻿51.5057°N 3.6564°W﻿ / 51.5057; -3.6564﻿ (Mynydd Herbert Round Barrow), SS851798 | Burial cairn 2m high covered in stones, possibly cleared from nearby fields, in the corner of a field 1 km north of Tythegston | 1.4Prehistoric (Bronze Age) | GM025 |
| Hutchwns round barrow | Round barrow | Porthcawl | 51°29′06″N 3°42′35″W﻿ / ﻿51.4849°N 3.7098°W﻿ / 51.4849; -3.7098﻿ (Hutchwns round barrow), SS813776 | Partial survival of a round barrow near a public park. A modern standing stone has been placed alongside it. | 1.4Prehistoric (Bronze Age) | GM103 |
| Pant-y-Pyllau Enclosure | Earthwork (unclassified) | Coity Higher | 51°31′50″N 3°32′52″W﻿ / ﻿51.5306°N 3.5478°W﻿ / 51.5306; -3.5478﻿ (Earthwork at Pant-y-Pyllau, Coity Higher), SS927824 | Banked enclosure with external ditches. Parts destroyed by farm buildings and tracks. | 1.5Prehistoric (Unknown) | GM426 |
| Mynydd y Gaer | Hillfort | Coychurch Higher | 51°33′16″N 3°28′55″W﻿ / ﻿51.5544°N 3.482°W﻿ / 51.5544; -3.482﻿ (Mynydd y Gaer), SS973849 | Hillfort enclosing 1ha of land, with a pronounced bank and ditch | 1.5Prehistoric (Iron Age) | GM084 |
| Ty'n y Warn Camp, Cwm Llwyd | Hillfort | Coychurch Higher | 51°33′23″N 3°31′04″W﻿ / ﻿51.5565°N 3.5178°W﻿ / 51.5565; -3.5178﻿ (Camp at Cwm Llwyd), SS948852 | An Iron Age hillfort near Ty'n y Warn farm, on a low spur in the Cwm Llwyd valley | 1.5Prehistoric (Iron Age) | GM356 |
| Twmpath Diwlith Round Barrow | Round barrow | Maesteg, (also Margam) | 51°35′09″N 3°41′13″W﻿ / ﻿51.5858°N 3.687°W﻿ / 51.5858; -3.687﻿ (Twmpath Diwlith Round Barrow), SS832887 | Round barrow which contained burnt bones, excavated in 1921 | 1.5Prehistoric | GM557 |
| Y Bwlwarcau (The Bulwarks) | Hillfort | Llangynwyd Middle | 51°35′02″N 3°40′38″W﻿ / ﻿51.5839°N 3.6771°W﻿ / 51.5839; -3.6771﻿ (Y Bwlwarcau), SS839885 | Iron Age enclosure, but with earlier and later occupations, including medieval house platforms | 1.5Prehistoric (Iron Age) | GM059 |
| Merthyr Mawr Warren | Unclassified site | Merthyr Mawr | 51°28′53″N 3°38′19″W﻿ / ﻿51.4813°N 3.6386°W﻿ / 51.4813; -3.6386﻿ (Merthyr Mawr Warren), SS863770 | Area of dunes within which numerous burial sites and other findspots have been uncovered, especially during sand and gravel extraction | 1.5Prehistoric | GM432 |
| Pen-y-Castell Camp | Hillfort | Pyle | 51°31′52″N 3°40′13″W﻿ / ﻿51.5312°N 3.6704°W﻿ / 51.5312; -3.6704﻿ (Pen-y-Castell Camp), SS842826 | Hillfort enclosure east of Pyle | 1.5Prehistoric (Iron Age) | GM240 |
| Chapel Hill Camp | Hillfort | Merthyr Mawr | 51°29′26″N 3°36′06″W﻿ / ﻿51.4906°N 3.6018°W﻿ / 51.4906; -3.6018﻿ (Chapel Hill Camp), SS889780 | Small hilltop camp. St Roques chapel, lying within the enclosure, gives its name to the hill. | 1.5Prehistoric (Iron Age) | GM248 |
| Cae Summerhouse Camp | Enclosure | Merthyr Mawr | 51°29′22″N 3°38′15″W﻿ / ﻿51.4894°N 3.6375°W﻿ / 51.4894; -3.6375﻿ (Cae Summerhouse Camp), SS864779 | Settlement site with intensive 1st to 4th century occupation in a defended enclosure | 1.6Prehistoric (Iron Age & Roman) | GM102 |
| Dan-y-Graig Roman villa | Villa | Porthcawl | 51°29′21″N 3°40′18″W﻿ / ﻿51.4893°N 3.6717°W﻿ / 51.4893; -3.6717﻿ (Dan-y-Graig Roman villa), SS840780 | Roman villa with agricultural buildings. Partly excavated in 1985-86 | 2Roman (Mainly 3rd-4th centuries) | GM587 |
| Nottage Court Inscribed Stone | Inscribed stone | Porthcawl | 51°29′24″N 3°42′02″W﻿ / ﻿51.49°N 3.7005°W﻿ / 51.49; -3.7005﻿ (Nottage Court Inscribed Stone), SS820781 | Roman milestone with 3 Latin inscriptions plus possible Ogham moved to its current location in a garden at Nottage Court in the 19th century, from SS763890, now Port Talbot Docks | 2.1Roman | GM040 |
| Bwlch yr Afan Dyke | Dyke | Ogmore Valley | 51°38′40″N 3°33′42″W﻿ / ﻿51.6444°N 3.5617°W﻿ / 51.6444; -3.5617﻿ (Bwlch yr Avan Dyke), SS920951 | 192m long double bank with central ditch, crossing a saddle south of Werfa summit | 3Early Medieval (8th or 9th century) | GM246 |
| Coychurch Celtic Cross-Shaft in Church | Cross | Coychurch Lower | 51°30′22″N 3°31′46″W﻿ / ﻿51.5062°N 3.5294°W﻿ / 51.5062; -3.5294﻿ (Coychurch Celtic Cross-Shaft in Church), SS939796 | Celtic Cross, inscribed 'EBISSAR/S?' | 3.9Early Medieval (11th century) | GM213 |
| Merthyr Mawr pre-Norman Stones | Cross base | Merthyr Mawr | 51°29′08″N 3°36′38″W﻿ / ﻿51.4856°N 3.6105°W﻿ / 51.4856; -3.6105﻿ (Pre-Norman Stones in Churchyard), SS882775 | A series of locally found stone pillars, slabs and crosses, now housed in a shelter within Merthyr Mawr St Teilo churchyard | 3.9Early Medieval | GM169 |
| Vervil Dyke | Dyke | Merthyr Mawr | 51°29′05″N 3°36′05″W﻿ / ﻿51.4848°N 3.6014°W﻿ / 51.4848; -3.6014﻿ (Vervil Dyke), SS889774 | A bank and ditch runs between the rivers Ogmore and Eweny. Traces of a parallel bank imply a settlement enclosure | 3.9Early Medieval | GM465 |
| Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient Farms 1 | House platform | Llangynwyd Lower | 51°33′46″N 3°39′04″W﻿ / ﻿51.5628°N 3.651°W﻿ / 51.5628; -3.651﻿ (Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient Farms), SS856861 | House platforms near summit of Ty-Talwyn | 4Medieval | GM092 |
| Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient Farms 2 | House platform | Llangynwyd Lower | 51°33′49″N 3°38′47″W﻿ / ﻿51.5637°N 3.6463°W﻿ / 51.5637; -3.6463﻿ (Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient Farms), SS859862 | House platforms on west side of Ty-Talwyn | 4Medieval | GM093 |
| Croes Siencyn Incised Stone | Cross-marked stone | Cornelly | 51°31′39″N 3°41′56″W﻿ / ﻿51.5275°N 3.6989°W﻿ / 51.5275; -3.6989﻿ (Pyle Incised Stone), SS822823 | Badly weathered incised cross, standing in a garden in Marlas Road, Pyle | 4Medieval | GM036 |
| Conbelani Stone in St Roque's Chapel | Cross | Merthyr Mawr | 51°29′27″N 3°36′08″W﻿ / ﻿51.4908°N 3.6021°W﻿ / 51.4908; -3.6021﻿ (Merthyr Mawr Inscribed Stones (now in St Rogue's Chapel)), SS888780 | Inscribed pillar cross, originally on the river bank at Merthyr Mawr. Another cross pillar, the Goblin Stone, is also in the ruined chapel | 4Medieval | GM026 |
| Cross in Tythegston Churchyard | Cross | Merthyr Mawr | 51°29′48″N 3°38′50″W﻿ / ﻿51.4967°N 3.6471°W﻿ / 51.4967; -3.6471﻿ (Cross in Tythegston Churchyard), SS857788 | Sandstone slab set in a modern socket, in St Tudwg's churchyard, Tythegston | 4.1Medieval (11th century) | GM214 |
| Remains of Llangewydd Church & Churchyard | Church | Laleston | 51°30′58″N 3°37′20″W﻿ / ﻿51.5161°N 3.6221°W﻿ / 51.5161; -3.6221﻿ (Remains of Llangewydd Church & Churchyard), SS875809 | Remains of St Cewydd's Church, demolished in the 13th century | 4.1Medieval (11th century) | GM237 |
| Coity Castle | Castle | Coity Higher | 51°31′20″N 3°33′12″W﻿ / ﻿51.5221°N 3.5534°W﻿ / 51.5221; -3.5534﻿ (Coity Castle), SS923814 | Circular castle with 3-storey keep. Fell into ruin by the 18th century. | 4.2Medieval (12th century) | GM004 |
| Derwen Moated Site | Moated Site | Coity Higher | 51°31′49″N 3°34′00″W﻿ / ﻿51.5304°N 3.5666°W﻿ / 51.5304; -3.5666﻿ (Derwen Moated Site), SS914824 | A moat, possibly in former parkland of Coity Castle, with no visible trace of habitation. | 4.2Medieval | GM444 |
| Kenfig Castle & Medieval Town | Castle | Cornelly | 51°31′45″N 3°43′47″W﻿ / ﻿51.5292°N 3.7297°W﻿ / 51.5292; -3.7297﻿ (Kenfig Castle & Medieval Town), SS80182 | Castle and walled borough, abandoned to the dunes. Castle excavated in 1920s | 4.2Medieval (12th century) | GM042 |
| Llangynwyd Castle | Castle | Llangynwyd Middle | 51°35′07″N 3°39′33″W﻿ / ﻿51.5852°N 3.6591°W﻿ / 51.5852; -3.6591﻿ (Llangynwyd Castle), SS851886 | Medieval fortress with twin-towered gatehouse and curtain walls. Abandoned after the end of the 13th century | 4.2Medieval (12th century) | GM085 |
| Newcastle Castle, Bridgend | Castle | Bridgend | 51°30′32″N 3°34′59″W﻿ / ﻿51.5089°N 3.583°W﻿ / 51.5089; -3.583﻿ (Newcastle Castle), SS902800 | Built from 1180s, it has a rectangular keep and Norman gateway. Site is a steep hill above the river, in the centre of Bridgend | 4.2Medieval (12th century) | GM063 |
| Stormy Castle | Motte | Cornelly | 51°31′14″N 3°39′53″W﻿ / ﻿51.5206°N 3.6647°W﻿ / 51.5206; -3.6647﻿ (Stormy Castle), SS845815 | Castle Motte built by Geofrey Sturmi. By 1166 it was owned by Margam Abbey | 4.2Medieval (12th century) | GM217 |
| Garth Hill Platform House | Platform house | Maesteg | 51°35′51″N 3°37′50″W﻿ / ﻿51.5976°N 3.6305°W﻿ / 51.5976; -3.6305﻿ (Garth Hill Platform House), SS871900 | Platforms of medieval long hut settlement | 4.3Medieval | GM552 |
| Earthwork & Platform Houses N of Nant Fadog | Platform house | Llangynwyd Lower | 51°33′30″N 3°38′46″W﻿ / ﻿51.5584°N 3.6462°W﻿ / 51.5584; -3.6462﻿ (Earthwork & Platform Houses N of Nant Fadog), SS859856 | Scatter of long hut platforms of a deserted settlement along the Nant Fadog valley side. | 4.3Medieval | GM340 |
| St Roque's Chapel | Chapel | Merthyr Mawr | 51°29′27″N 3°36′08″W﻿ / ﻿51.4908°N 3.6021°W﻿ / 51.4908; -3.6021﻿ (St Rogue's Chapel), SS888780 | Ruined medieval chapel, sited inside Chapel Hill Camp, within the park of Merthyr Mawr House | 4.3Medieval | GM247 |
| Bryncynan, Mynydd Ty-talwyn | Deserted Rural Settlement | Llangynwyd Middle | 51°34′08″N 3°38′42″W﻿ / ﻿51.5688°N 3.6449°W﻿ / 51.5688; -3.6449﻿ (British Fortified Residence), SS860868 | House platforms and hollow ways of a deserted medieval village | 4.4Medieval | GM086 |
| Candleston Castle | Manor | Merthyr Mawr | 51°28′58″N 3°37′37″W﻿ / ﻿51.4829°N 3.6269°W﻿ / 51.4829; -3.6269﻿ (Candleston Castle), SS871772 | Lightly fortified manor house overlooking Merthyr Mawr Warren, which continued in occupation until the 19th century. | 4.4Medieval (14th century) | GM095 |
| Coychurch Churchyard Cross | Cross | Coychurch Lower | 51°30′22″N 3°31′45″W﻿ / ﻿51.506°N 3.5293°W﻿ / 51.506; -3.5293﻿ (Coychurch Churchyard Cross), SS939796 | Massive stone steps up to a hexagonal cross in St Crallog's churchyard. | 4.4Medieval | GM212 |
| Merthyr Mawr Churchyard Cross | Cross | Merthyr Mawr | 51°29′07″N 3°36′37″W﻿ / ﻿51.4853°N 3.6103°W﻿ / 51.4853; -3.6103﻿ (Merthyr Mawr Churchyard Cross), SS882774 | Octagonal cross with part of its original finial, set in three steps of sandstone | 4.4Medieval (14th century) | GM226 |
| Bridgend Old Bridge | Bridge | Bridgend | 51°30′24″N 3°34′49″W﻿ / ﻿51.5068°N 3.5803°W﻿ / 51.5068; -3.5803﻿ (Bridgend Old Bridge), SS904798 | Stone bridge over the river Ogmore, with 3 arches. It is now a footbridge | 4.5Medieval (15th century) | GM049 |
| Cefn Hirgoed Rabbit Warren | Pillow mound | St Bride's Minor, (also Coity Higher) | 51°32′02″N 3°33′51″W﻿ / ﻿51.534°N 3.5642°W﻿ / 51.534; -3.5642﻿ (Three Pillow Mounds on Cefn Hirgoed), SS916828 | Three pillow mounds, medieval warrens built to house rabbits. Now alongside the M4, near Sarn Park Services | 4.5Medieval | GM491 |
| New Inn Bridge | Bridge | Merthyr Mawr | 51°29′37″N 3°35′56″W﻿ / ﻿51.4936°N 3.5989°W﻿ / 51.4936; -3.5989﻿ (New Inn Bridge), SS891783 | Stone bridge with 4 arches, near Bridgend. Two openings allow sheep washing, giving an alternate name of 'Dipping Bridge' | 4.6Medieval (16th century or older) | GM050 |
| Plas-y-Betws relict garden | House (domestic) | Garw Valley | 51°34′07″N 3°34′51″W﻿ / ﻿51.5685°N 3.5807°W﻿ / 51.5685; -3.5807﻿ (Plas-y-Betws relict garden), SS905866 | Three walled enclosures of the Tudor gardens of Plas-y-Betws Manor House | 5.6Post-Medieval/Modern (16th century) | GM589 |
| Angleton Iron Works | Industrial monument | Coity Higher | 51°31′35″N 3°34′51″W﻿ / ﻿51.5263°N 3.5809°W﻿ / 51.5263; -3.5809﻿ (Remains of Iron Furnace Near Angleton), SS904820 | Built by Robert Sydney in 1589, it was the only pre-1700 ironworks in Glamorgan. Sandstone slabs are the standing remains, part buried by the railway embankment | 5.6Post-Medieval/Modern (16th century) | GM265 |
| Cefn Cribwr Ironworks | Ironworks | Cefn Cribwr, (also Margam) | 51°32′18″N 3°39′29″W﻿ / ﻿51.5382°N 3.658°W﻿ / 51.5382; -3.658﻿ (Cefn Cribwr Ironworks), SS851834 | The Bedford Ironworks were built by John Bedford in 1771. Standing remains include 3 kilns, a smelting house and an 1820s beam engine house | 5.8Post-Medieval/Modern (18th century) | GM417 |
| Bryndu Coke Ovens | Coke Oven | Cornelly | 51°32′18″N 3°40′32″W﻿ / ﻿51.5383°N 3.6755°W﻿ / 51.5383; -3.6755﻿ (Bryndu Coke Ovens), SS838834 | At least 8 brick ovens remain from a large coking plant built in the 1840s | 5.9Post-Medieval/Modern (19th century) | GM493 |
| Maesteg Blast Furnaces | Blast Furnace | Maesteg | 51°36′41″N 3°39′51″W﻿ / ﻿51.6114°N 3.6643°W﻿ / 51.6114; -3.6643﻿ (Maesteg Blast Furnaces), SS848916 | A blast furnace and engine house of the Llynfi Cambrian Ironworks remains standing near the centre of Maesteg. The buried foundations of three more furnaces lie to the north. | 5.9Post-Medieval/Modern (19th century) | GM418 |
| Tondu Ironworks | Ironworks | Ynysawdre | 51°32′54″N 3°36′03″W﻿ / ﻿51.5482°N 3.6007°W﻿ / 51.5482; -3.6007﻿ (Remains of Tondu Ironworks), SS891844 | Well preserved mid 19th century ironworks with coking ovens, blast furnaces and wrought iron works. Now open to the public as Tondu Iron Park | 5.9Post-Medieval/Modern (19th century) | GM433 |
| Royal Ordnance Factory Pillbox | Pillbox | Coychurch Lower | 51°30′10″N 3°33′59″W﻿ / ﻿51.5028°N 3.5665°W﻿ / 51.5028; -3.5665﻿ (Royal Ordnance Factory Bridgend Dual-Storey Pillbox), SS913793 | Two-storey concrete Type 22 pillbox from World War II, built into the Great Central railway embankment, to defend the railway junction | 6Post-Medieval/Modern | GM605 |
