List of Scheduled Monuments in Bridgend
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 are within the historic county of Glamorgan.
Scheduled Ancient 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
| Image | Name | Site type | Community | Location | Details | Period | SAM No & Refs |
| Coity Burial Chamber | Chambered tomb | Coity Higher | , SS926819 | Ruins of a Neolithic chambered tomb, with four large stone slabs | Prehistoric | GM068 | |
| Tythegston Long Barrow | Long barrow | Merthyr Mawr | , SS864792 | Chambered tomb toward the east end of a long mound | Prehistoric | GM022 | |
| Ogof y Pebyll Bone Cave | Cave | Pencoed | , SS951807 | Cave in which have been found flint flakes and the teeth of numerous mammals | Prehistoric | GM434 | |
| Bryn Defaid Mound | Round cairn | Garw Valley | , SS888916 | Bronze Age cairn on the ridge between Maesteg and Blaengarw | Prehistoric | GM249 | |
| Round Barrow on the Werfa | Round barrow | Ogmore Valley, | , SS913941 | Round barrow on the crest of the Mynnydd Llangweinwyr ridge | Prehistoric | GM499 | |
| Bridgend Standing Stone | Standing stone | Bridgend | , SS902795 | Standing stone with several feint 'cup mark' decorations. It stands by a footpath that leads to Bridgend Bowls Club | Prehistoric | GM145 | |
| Cefn Cross Standing Stone | Standing stone | Cefn Cribwr | , SS873826 | Standing stone, 2m high, triangular in section, and tapering to a blunt point. Further stones may once have stood in the vicinity. | Prehistoric | GM241 | |
| Garn Lwyd Cairn | Round cairn | Garw Valley | , SS919901 | A stone-filled hole just below the crest of a hill on Llangeinor Common, between the Garw and Ogmore valleys | Prehistoric | GM238 | |
| Groes y Bwlchgwyn Round Cairn | Round cairn | Garw Valley | , SS889907 | Possible round barrow, now in impenetrable pine forest. | Prehistoric | GM250 | |
| Carn y Hyrddod | Round cairn | Ogmore Valley | , SS919934 | Grass covered mound in a commanding position on Llangeinor Common | Prehistoric | GM243 | |
| Mynydd Caerau Round Cairns | Round cairn | Maesteg | , SS889943 | A group of 6 cairns around the summit of Mynydd Caerau | Prehistoric | GM232 | |
| Mynydd Herbert Round Barrow | Round barrow | Merthyr Mawr | , SS851798 | Burial cairn 2m high covered in stones, possibly cleared from nearby fields, in the corner of a field 1 km north of Tythegston | Prehistoric | GM025 | |
| Hutchwns round barrow | Round barrow | Porthcawl | , SS813776 | Partial survival of a round barrow near a public park. A modern standing stone has been placed alongside it. | Prehistoric | GM103 | |
| Pant-y-Pyllau Enclosure | Earthwork | Coity Higher | , SS927824 | Banked enclosure with external ditches. Parts destroyed by farm buildings and tracks. | Prehistoric | GM426 | |
| Mynydd y Gaer | Hillfort | Coychurch Higher | , SS973849 | Hillfort enclosing 1ha of land, with a pronounced bank and ditch | Prehistoric | GM084 | |
| Ty'n y Warn Camp, Cwm Llwyd | Hillfort | Coychurch Higher | , SS948852 | An Iron Age hillfort near Ty'n y Warn farm, on a low spur in the Cwm Llwyd valley | Prehistoric | GM356 | |
| Twmpath Diwlith Round Barrow | Round barrow | Maesteg, | , SS832887 | Round barrow which contained burnt bones, excavated in 1921 | Prehistoric | GM557 | |
| Y Bwlwarcau | Hillfort | Llangynwyd Middle | , SS839885 | Iron Age enclosure, but with earlier and later occupations, including medieval house platforms | Prehistoric | GM059 | |
| Merthyr Mawr Warren | Unclassified site | Merthyr Mawr | , SS863770 | Area of dunes within which numerous burial sites and other findspots have been uncovered, especially during sand and gravel extraction | Prehistoric | GM432 | |
| Pen-y-Castell Camp | Hillfort | Pyle | , SS842826 | Hillfort enclosure east of Pyle | Prehistoric | GM240 | |
| Chapel Hill Camp | Hillfort | Merthyr Mawr | , SS889780 | Small hilltop camp. St Roques chapel, lying within the enclosure, gives its name to the hill. | Prehistoric | GM248 | |
| Cae Summerhouse Camp | Enclosure | Merthyr Mawr | , SS864779 | Settlement site with intensive 1st to 4th century occupation in a defended enclosure | Prehistoric | GM102 | |
| Dan-y-Graig Roman villa | Villa | Porthcawl | , SS840780 | Roman villa with agricultural buildings. Partly excavated in 1985-86 | Roman | GM587 | |
| Nottage Court Inscribed Stone | Inscribed stone | Porthcawl | , 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 | Roman | GM040 | |
| Bwlch yr Afan Dyke | Dyke | Ogmore Valley | , SS920951 | 192m long double bank with central ditch, crossing a saddle south of Werfa summit | Early Medieval | GM246 | |
| Coychurch Celtic Cross-Shaft in Church | Cross | Coychurch Lower | , SS939796 | Celtic Cross, inscribed 'EBISSAR/S?' | Early Medieval | GM213 | |
| Merthyr Mawr pre-Norman Stones | Cross base | Merthyr Mawr | , SS882775 | A series of locally found stone pillars, slabs and crosses, now housed in a shelter within Merthyr Mawr St Teilo churchyard | Early Medieval | GM169 | |
| Vervil Dyke | Dyke | Merthyr Mawr | , SS889774 | A bank and ditch runs between the rivers Ogmore and Eweny. Traces of a parallel bank imply a settlement enclosure | Early Medieval | GM465 | |
| Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient Farms 1 | House platform | Llangynwyd Lower | , SS856861 | House platforms near summit of Ty-Talwyn | Medieval | GM092 | |
| Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient Farms 2 | House platform | Llangynwyd Lower | , SS859862 | House platforms on west side of Ty-Talwyn | Medieval | GM093 | |
| Croes Siencyn Incised Stone | Cross-marked stone | Cornelly | , SS822823 | Badly weathered incised cross, standing in a garden in Marlas Road, Pyle | Medieval | GM036 | |
| Conbelani Stone in St Roque's Chapel | Cross | Merthyr Mawr | , SS888780 | Inscribed pillar cross, originally on the river bank at Merthyr Mawr. Another cross pillar, the Goblin Stone, is also in the ruined chapel | Medieval | GM026 | |
| Cross in Tythegston Churchyard | Cross | Merthyr Mawr | , SS857788 | Sandstone slab set in a modern socket, in St Tudwg's churchyard, Tythegston | Medieval | GM214 | |
| Remains of Llangewydd Church & Churchyard | Church | Laleston | , SS875809 | Remains of St Cewydd's Church, demolished in the 13th century | Medieval | GM237 | |
| Coity Castle | Castle | Coity Higher | , SS923814 | Circular castle with 3-storey keep. Fell into ruin by the 18th century. | Medieval | GM004 | |
| Derwen Moated Site | Moated Site | Coity Higher | , SS914824 | A moat, possibly in former parkland of Coity Castle, with no visible trace of habitation. | Medieval | GM444 | |
| Kenfig Castle & Medieval Town | Castle | Cornelly | , SS80182 | Castle and walled borough, abandoned to the dunes. Castle excavated in 1920s | Medieval | GM042 | |
| Llangynwyd Castle | Castle | Llangynwyd Middle | , SS851886 | Medieval fortress with twin-towered gatehouse and curtain walls. Abandoned after the end of the 13th century | Medieval | GM085 | |
| Newcastle Castle, Bridgend | Castle | Bridgend | , 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 | Medieval | GM063 | |
| Stormy Castle | Motte | Cornelly | , SS845815 | Castle Motte built by Geofrey Sturmi. By 1166 it was owned by Margam Abbey | Medieval | GM217 | |
| Garth Hill Platform House | Platform house | Maesteg | , SS871900 | Platforms of medieval long hut settlement | Medieval | GM552 | |
| Earthwork & Platform Houses N of Nant Fadog | Platform house | Llangynwyd Lower | , SS859856 | Scatter of long hut platforms of a deserted settlement along the Nant Fadog valley side. | Medieval | GM340 | |
| St Roque's Chapel | Chapel | Merthyr Mawr | , SS888780 | Ruined medieval chapel, sited inside Chapel Hill Camp, within the park of Merthyr Mawr House | Medieval | GM247 | |
| Bryncynan, Mynydd Ty-talwyn | Deserted Rural Settlement | Llangynwyd Middle | , SS860868 | House platforms and hollow ways of a deserted medieval village | Medieval | GM086 | |
| Candleston Castle | Manor | Merthyr Mawr | , SS871772 | Lightly fortified manor house overlooking Merthyr Mawr Warren, which continued in occupation until the 19th century. | Medieval | GM095 | |
| Coychurch Churchyard Cross | Cross | Coychurch Lower | , SS939796 | Massive stone steps up to a hexagonal cross in St Crallog's churchyard. | Medieval | GM212 | |
| Merthyr Mawr Churchyard Cross | Cross | Merthyr Mawr | , SS882774 | Octagonal cross with part of its original finial, set in three steps of sandstone | Medieval | GM226 | |
| Bridgend Old Bridge | Bridge | Bridgend | , SS904798 | Stone bridge over the river Ogmore, with 3 arches. It is now a footbridge | Medieval | GM049 | |
| Cefn Hirgoed Rabbit Warren | Pillow mound | St Bride's Minor, | , SS916828 | Three pillow mounds, medieval warrens built to house rabbits. Now alongside the M4, near Sarn Park Services | Medieval | GM491 | |
| New Inn Bridge | Bridge | Merthyr Mawr | , SS891783 | Stone bridge with 4 arches, near Bridgend. Two openings allow sheep washing, giving an alternate name of 'Dipping Bridge' | Medieval | GM050 | |
| Plas-y-Betws relict garden | House | Garw Valley | , SS905866 | Three walled enclosures of the Tudor gardens of Plas-y-Betws Manor House | Post-Medieval/Modern | GM589 | |
| Angleton Iron Works | Industrial monument | Coity Higher | , 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 | Post-Medieval/Modern | GM265 | |
| Cefn Cribwr Ironworks | Ironworks | Cefn Cribwr, | , 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 | Post-Medieval/Modern | GM417 | |
| Bryndu Coke Ovens | Coke Oven | Cornelly | , SS838834 | At least 8 brick ovens remain from a large coking plant built in the 1840s | Post-Medieval/Modern | GM493 | |
| Maesteg Blast Furnaces | Blast Furnace | Maesteg | , 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. | Post-Medieval/Modern | GM418 | |
| Tondu Ironworks | Ironworks | Ynysawdre | , 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 | Post-Medieval/Modern | GM433 | |
| Royal Ordnance Factory Pillbox | Pillbox | Coychurch Lower | , SS913793 | Two-storey concrete Type 22 pillbox from World War II, built into the Great Central railway embankment, to defend the railway junction | Post-Medieval/Modern | GM605 |