Pembrokeshire is the fifth-largest county in Wales, but has more scheduled monuments (526) than any other local authority area except Powys. This gives it an extremely high density of monuments, with 33.4 per 100km2. (Only the urban authority areas of Newport and Merthyr Tydfil have a higher density). With three-quarters of its boundary being coastline, Pembrokeshire occupies the western end of the West Wales peninsular, terminating with the tiny cathedral city of St David's. It is a historic county in its own right but between 1975 and 1996 it joined with Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire to form Dyfed.
Over two-thirds of Pembrokeshire's scheduled monuments (346) date to pre-historic times. Even this is too many entries to conveniently show in one list, so the list is subdivided into three, with all the Roman to modern entries on this list, and subdividing the prehistoric sites along the lines of the former local districts of Preseli Pembrokeshire, (the northern half) and South Pembrokeshire. The two lists of prehistoric sites include hill forts, promontory forts on both coastal headlands and inland locations. They also include a variety of enclosures, hut sites and Raths, a wide range of burial sites and other ritual and religious sites listed as barrows and chambered tombs, stone circles and standing stones.
The county's 182 Roman, medieval and post-medieval sites include only three sites from Roman times, but from the Early Medieval period there are many inscribed stones, stone crosses, and holy wells. Also scheduled are many Medieval castles, mottes and baileys, priories, chapels and churches, houses, town walls and a Bishop's palace, along with a wide variety of post-medieval sites from coalmines, kilns and dovecotes through to 19th and 20th century coastal defenses.
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 Dyfed Archaeological Trust.
Roman to modern scheduled monuments in Pembrokeshire
The list is sorted by period, and then by Community so that sites of similar age and locality are placed near each other. Clicking on one of the heading arrows will sort the list by that information.
A four-sided low bank encloses an area some 80m across. Excavated in 1922 by Mortimer Wheeler and now thought to have been a late first-century farmstead or villa. It is also known as Castell. Nineteenth century rumours of a 'golden table' being found here remain unsubstantiated. A public road, which is also the Ambelston/Puncheston boundary, runs through the middle.
Identified in the early 19th century, this 200 meter stretch of Roman road across boggy ground preserves good construction details and remains as a raised ager, 10 meters wide. Small test excavation in 1993 confirmed two phase construction. The line of the road has been traced a further 700m NE. Scheduled in 1996.
Tidal island with over 100 rectangular huts probably of Romano-British or early post-Roman date, possibly as a Christian monastic settlement. It was studied in 1910, 1930, 1971 and most recently in 2011 by a Timeteam investigation. None have established anything conclusive.[5]
Inscribed stone, known as the HOGTIVIS STONE or OGTENLO STONE, probably 5th or 6th century, with inscriptions in Latin and Ogam. It now stands in the churchyard of St Dogwell's Church, having been moved there in the early 20th century, from a farmhouse at Little Treffgarne, where it was discovered in 1875 in use as a gatepost.
^Cadw will send their list as a spreadsheet, or other electronic formats, on request, as indicated at www.whatdotheyknow.com. This list uses information dated May 2012
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE203: Maen Colman
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE009: Carew Cross
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE143: Inscribed Pillar Stone in Churchyard
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE144: Inscribed Stone in Churchyard
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE147: Inscribed Stone near Glan-Dwr Independent Chapel
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE233: Rhyd-y-Gath Pillar Cross
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE227: Five Pillar-Crosses in Churchyard
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE229: Holy Well
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE230: Pillar Cross in Churchyard
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE228: Two Pillar-Crosses in Churchyard, Llanllawer
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE226: Two Pillar-Crosses in Churchyard
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE485: Inscribed Stone 130m E of Penwaun
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE448: Pillar Stone in Penparke
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE234: Tre-Bwlch Pillar Crosses
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: CM068: Inscribed Stone in outer face of wall of St Michael's Church (now in Llandissilio Church)
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE047: Mesur-y-Dorth Cross-Incised Stone
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE107: Drim Camp
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE146: Inscribed Stones outside Ruined Church of St Teilo (now in Maenclochog Church).
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE431: Martin`s Haven Early Christian Inscribed Cross
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE150: Two Pre-Norman Gravestones in Churchyard
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE289: Castell Pen-Gawsai
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE560: Cilgwyn, Cross Inscribed Stone at Cilfair
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE164: High Cross in Churchyard
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE151: Inscribed Stone in Churchyard
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE236: Velindre Pillar-Cross
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE305: Pillar Cross 140m SE of Newport Church
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE304: Pillar Cross in Newport Churchyard
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE258: Incised Cross at Cemetery Cross Roads
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE072: Llanwnwr Cross-Slab
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE210: Tal-y-Gaer Corbelled Hut
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE235: Two Early Christian Crosses in Morvil Churchyard
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE145: Inscribed Stone at Llangwarran Farm
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE014: St Justinian's Chapel
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE013: St Non's Chapel
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE012: St Patrick's Chapel
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE321: St Govan's Chapel and Well
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: PE078: Hang Stone Davey Near Lamber Smithy