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Scheduled Monuments in Monmouthshire

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Gaerllwyd - photo - and link to village page

Cwm Bwchel - Bronze Age - A partially destroyed cairn (15m in diameter by 1.3m high) with parts of a cist.

Craig Ddu - Bronze Age - A round cairn (15m in diameter by 1.5m high) with a central cist. Excavated in 1979.

Loxidge - Bronze Age - A grassed cairn (6.5m in diameter by 0.7m high).

Rhiw Arw - Bronze Age - A cairn on Hatterral Hill Ridge, measuring 7m in diameter and 0.5m high. NB OS Grid Ref SO not SH

Three Wells - Bronze Age - A well-preserved, largely intact, turf covered cairn (8m in diameter and 0.3m high).


Image Name Details Site type Period[a] Community & Location SAM
No &
Refs
Caerwent Roman basillica and Forum remains Caerwent Roman Town (Venta Silurum) Extensively excavated Roman town. Much of the excavated remains are now open to the public. Cadw visitor information House (domestic) Roman Caerwent
51°36′45″N 2°46′06″W / 51.6126°N 2.7683°W / 51.6126; -2.7683 (Caerwent Roman City),
ST469907 		MM001[1]
Crick Round Barrow A round barrow (41m in diameter and 1.5m high). Excavations in 1939 and 1979 found bronze age flint tools, funerary remains, and a stone kerb ring 29m in diameter. Some of the cup stones may have been used for astronomical observations.[2] Round barrow Bronze Age Caerwent
51°36′32″N 2°44′45″W / 51.6088°N 2.7459°W / 51.6088; -2.7459 (Crick Round Barrow),
ST484902 		MM151[3]
A cross shaft and cross head carved from a single block Croes Lwyd Farm Cross An octagonal cross shaft and head carved from a single block. Marked on a 14th century map. Cross Early Medieval Raglan
51°45′30″N 2°52′12″W / 51.7584°N 2.8699°W / 51.7584; -2.8699 (Croes Lwyd Farm Cross),
SO400069 		MM156[4]
Five Lanes Roman Site Remains of a Roman villa comprising a winged corridor with five rooms and other structures. Near to the Roman town at Caerwent. Villa Roman Caerwent
51°36′55″N 2°48′04″W / 51.6153°N 2.8011°W / 51.6153; -2.8011 (Five Lanes Roman Site),
ST446910 		MM350[5]
Five Lanes Round Barrow One of a pair of Bronze Age barrows (the other is not scheduled). The barrow is 35m in diameter but was probably smaller (25m). Round barrow Bronze Age Caerwent
51°36′52″N 2°47′41″W / 51.6144°N 2.7946°W / 51.6144; -2.7946 (Round Barrow 250m North East of Five Lanes),
ST450909 		MM179[6]
Foresters' Oaks round barrow A Bronze Age barrow approximately 16m in diameter and 1m high. Round barrow Bronze Age? Caerwent
51°38′34″N 2°49′31″W / 51.6428°N 2.8254°W / 51.6428; -2.8254 (Foresters' Oaks round barrow),
ST429941 		MM333[7]
Gray Hill Stone Circle Fourteen visible stones, nine of which lie on their sides end to end, forming a circle. Possibly curb stones for a burial mound, or a stone circle. Stone circle Bronze Age Caerwent
51°38′16″N 2°48′49″W / 51.6379°N 2.8136°W / 51.6379; -2.8136 (Grey Hill Stone Circle),
ST437935 		MM031[8]
Grotto on the Piercefield Walk The Grotto, Piercefield A small domed alcove made of brick and built to provide a shaded seat with spectacular views across the Wye Valley. One of the features on the 18th century Piercefield Walk. Grotto 18th Century St Arvans
51°39′30″N 2°40′36″W / 51.6584°N 2.6766°W / 51.6584; -2.6766 (The Grotto, Piercefield),
ST532957 		MM283[9]
The Larches Camp A roughly D-shaped hill top fort (140m by 100m), with an area of about 1.24 hectares. The north is protected by a steep slope, with a bank and ditch around the rest of the site. Hillfort Iron Age Caerwent
51°36′21″N 2°49′13″W / 51.6058°N 2.8202°W / 51.6058; -2.8202 (The Larches Camp),
ST432899 		[10]MM069
In the distance, A barren mountain ridge top viewed from the east. The ridge falls away to the north. Skirrid Fawr hillfort An elongated roughly oval multivallate hillfort at the northern end of a mountain ridge. The area of the hillfort includes the foundations of St Michael's Chapel. Hillfort Iron Age Llantilio Pertholey
51°51′28″N 2°58′23″W / 51.8579°N 2.9731°W / 51.8579; -2.9731 (Skirrid Fawr hillfort),
SO330181 		MM182[11]
The southern end of the foundations of a small rectangular chapel on a mountain ridge. The entrance to the chapel is marked by two stones. Beound the stones the ridge falls away gently. In the distance is a green flat valley. St Michaels Chapel (remains) The foundations of a medieval chapel (4m north-south by 7.5m east-west) at the northern end of a mountain ridge. The chapel lies within the area of the Skirrid Fawr hillfort. Chapel Early Medieval Llantilio Pertholey
51°51′28″N 2°58′23″W / 51.8579°N 2.9731°W / 51.8579; -2.9731 (St Michael's Chapel (remains)),
SO330181 		MM182[11]
Two stone steps on grassy bank at roadside Trellech Cross The remains of a wayside preaching cross consisting of two stone steps and a socket stone. Cross Medieval Trellech United
51°43′59″N 2°43′35″W / 51.733°N 2.7263°W / 51.733; -2.7263 (Trellech Cross),
SO499040 		MM108[12]
Archaeological dig further south than the scheduled area. Trellech Shrunken Medieval Village From 1250 to its decline around 1600, Trellech was a booming iron-melting centre. The scheduled area is close to the present village centre but an on-going archaeological dig further south has found many building foundations. Shrunken Medieval Village Medieval Trellech United
51°44′32″N 2°43′23″W / 51.7422°N 2.723°W / 51.7422; -2.723 (Trellech Shrunken Medieval Village),
SO501050 		MM272[13]
Whitewall Brake Roman Site Rectilinear complex of building ranges and courts, where a Roman mosaic, along with characteristic Roman building debris was discovered Villa Roman Caerwent
51°37′00″N 2°45′33″W / 51.6168°N 2.7592°W / 51.6168; -2.7592 (Whitewall Brake Roman Site),
ST475911 		MM152[14]

Notes

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  1. ^ The Cadw spreadsheet lists sites by vary broad categories, for example, Prehistoric covers Paleolithic to Iron Age. Where possible, the Period has been changed, based on the (cited) records from Coflein and/or GGAT.

References

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  1. ^ Cadw SAM: MM001 Caerwent Roman City. coflein NPRN: 93753. GGAT PRN: 01055g.
  2. ^ Powell, M J (1995). "Astronomical Indications at a Bell-barrow in South Wales". Journal for the History of Astronomy, Archaeoastronomy Supplement. 26. Science History Publications: S49. Retrieved 24 Jan 2014.
  3. ^ Cadw SAM: MM151 Crick Round Barrow. coflein NPRN: 307966. GGAT PRN: 01057g.
  4. ^ Cadw SAM: MM156 Cross on Croes Lwyd Farm. coflein NPRN: 306485. GGAT PRN: 00794g.
  5. ^ Cadw SAM: MM350 Five Lanes Roman Site. coflein NPRN: 405453. GGAT PRN: 00983g.
  6. ^ Cadw SAM: MM179 Round Barrow 250m North East of Five Lanes. coflein NPRN: 93494. GGAT PRN: 08454g.
  7. ^ Cadw SAM: MM333 Foresters' Oaks round barrow. coflein NPRN: 401578. GGAT PRN: 08654g.
  8. ^ Cadw SAM: MM031 Grey Hill Stone Circle. coflein NPRN: 307979. GGAT PRN: 00987g.
  9. ^ Cadw SAM: MM283 The Grotto, Piercefield. coflein NPRN: 23104. GGAT PRN: 07825g.
  10. ^ Cadw SAM: MM069 The Larches Camp. coflein NPRN: 307950. GGAT PRN: 00473g.
  11. ^ a b Cadw SAM: MM182 Remains of St Michael's Chapel and Skirrid Fawr Defended Enclosure. Chapel - coflein NPRN: 306440 and GGAT PRN: 01473g. Enclosure - coflein NPRN: 400378 and GGAT PRN: 01497g.
  12. ^ Cadw SAM: MM108: Trellech Cross Cross-Base. coflein NPRN: 306488. GGAT PRN: 00965g.
  13. ^ Cadw SAM: MM272 Trellech Shrunken Medieval Village. coflein NPRN: 300132. GGAT PRN: 04291g.
  14. ^ Cadw SAM: MM152 Whitewall Brake Roman Site. coflein NPRN: 307961. GGAT PRN: 01034g.
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