List of scheduled monuments in Wrexham County Borough
Wrexham County Borough is in north-east Wales, straddling the ancient border earthwork Offa's Dyke. There are 107 scheduled monuments in the county borough. The 29 Bronze Age and Iron Age sites are mainly found to the west of Offa's dyke, and are in the main burial mounds and hillforts on the uplands. To the east of the dyke are the majority of the 18 medieval sites, mainly domestic, defensive or ecclesiastical. Running through the centre are the 28 early medieval sites along Offa's Dyke, and 10 scheduled sections of the older Wat's Dyke. Close by, clustered around the coal and mineral deposits in a central belt are also the 19 post-medieval sites. These are extraction and industrial sites, plus the World Heritage Site at Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. The Wrexham administrative area lies within the two historic counties of Denbighshire and Flintshire.
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 Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.
Scheduled monuments in Wrexham
| Image | Name | Site type | Community | Location | Details | Historic County | Period | SAM No & Refs |
| Two Round Barrows N of Whitewell Church | Round barrow | Bronington | , SJ494416 | Flintshire | Prehistoric | FL058 | ||
| Gatewen Hall round barrow | Round barrow | Broughton | , SJ317513 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE290 | ||
| Cadair Berwyn, round cairn on N ridge of | Round cairn | Ceiriog Ucha,, | , SJ079336 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE297 | ||
| Pen-plaenau cairns and standing stone | Round cairn | Ceiriog Ucha | , SJ126363 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE294 | ||
| Tomen y Gwyddel Round Barrow | Round barrow | Ceiriog Ucha | , SJ175355 | Bronze Age barrow, dug through by treasure seekers in 1854, apparently without finding anything. | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE171 | |
| Y Garnedd Wen Round Cairn | Round cairn | Ceiriog Ucha | , SJ134312 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE278 | ||
| Croes-Foel Round Barrow | Round barrow | Esclusham | , SJ307481 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE048 | ||
| Hadfod-y-Bwlch Round Barrow | Round barrow | Esclusham | , SJ308476 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE047 | ||
| Graig cairn | Round cairn | Glyntraian | , SJ238375 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE295 | ||
| Orseddwen cairn | Round cairn | Glyntraian | , SJ247340 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE292 | ||
| Pen-y-Brongyll Round Barrow | Round barrow | Glyntraian | , SJ221383 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE226 | ||
| Sutton Green round barrow | Round barrow | Isycoed | , SJ406485 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE291 | ||
| Bryn Du cairn | Round cairn | Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog | , SJ157361 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE293 | ||
| Tomen y Meirw | Round barrow | Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog | , SJ161381 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE102 | ||
| Wilderness Round Barrows | Round barrow | Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog,,, | , SJ174403 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE092 | ||
| Bryn Alyn Round Barrow | Round barrow | Llay | , SJ333541 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE059 | ||
| Esclusham Mountain Cairn, Minera | Round cairn | Minera | , SJ261511 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE196 | ||
| Fairy Oak Round Barrow | Round barrow | Offa | , SJ331496 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE163 | ||
| Hillbury Round Barrow | Round barrow | Offa | , SJ334493 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE164 | ||
| Cefn y Gader Round Barrows | Round barrow | Penycae,,, | , SJ237497 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE070 | ||
| Eglwyseg Mountain Round Barrow | Round barrow | Penycae,, | , SJ231463 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE066 | ||
| Penycae Cairn | Round cairn | Penycae | , SJ243481 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE268 | ||
| Ruabon Mountain Round Barrow | Round barrow | Penycae | , SJ257476 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE127 | ||
| Two Cairns on Ruabon Mountain | Round cairn | Penycae | , SJ234453 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE263 | ||
| Darland Wood Round Barrows | Round barrow | Ruabon | , SJ298422 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE223 | ||
| Mynydd Bach Camp | Hillfort | Ceiriog Ucha | , SJ151340 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE120 | ||
| Pen y Gaer Hillfort | Hillfort | Llangollen Rural | , SJ250426 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE231 | ||
| Bryn Alyn Camp | Hillfort | Llay | , SJ331536 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE057 | ||
| Gardden Camp | Hillfort | Ruabon | , SJ297447 | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE129 | ||
| Pen-Plaenau Roman Marching Camp | Marching camp | Ceiriog Ucha | , SJ110363 | Denbighshire | Roman | DE296 | ||
| Holt Roman Settlement | Bath-house | Holt | , SJ405545 | Denbighshire | Roman | DE013 | ||
| Tomen Garmon | Mound | Ceiriog Ucha | , SJ157328 | Circular mound interpreted as a preaching mound, although a motte or barrow are possibilities. Located near the centre of Dyffryn Ceriog Llanarmon, and named after the local saint Garmon. | Denbighshire | Prehistoric | DE170 | |
| Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Erddig Park to Middle Sontley | Linear earthwork | Esclusham | , SJ325438 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE152 | ||
| Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Middle Sontley to Black Brook Bridge | Linear earthwork | Esclusham | , SJ322462 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE153 | ||
| Wat's Dyke: Section W of Ty-Gwyn | Linear earthwork | Gwersyllt | , SJ333528 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE151 | ||
| Wat's Dyke : Section South of Ruthin Road | Linear earthwork | Offa | , SJ327499 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE165 | ||
| Wat's Dyke: Section SSW of Wrexham Station, 130m Long | Linear earthwork | Offa | , SJ328506 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE191 | ||
| Wat's Dyke: Sections N & S of the Court | Linear earthwork | Offa | , SJ328491 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE173 | ||
| Wat's Dyke at Crispin Lane, Wrexham | Linear earthwork | Rhosddu | , SJ329511 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE286 | ||
| Wat's Dyke: Garden Village Section | Linear earthwork | Rhosddu | , SJ332522 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE221 | ||
| Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Black Brook Bridge to Pentre-Clawdd | Linear earthwork | Ruabon | , SJ318450 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE154 | ||
| Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Pentre-Clawdd to Wynnstay Park | Linear earthwork | Ruabon | , SJ310439 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE155 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Mountain View Section | Linear earthwork | Brymbo | , SJ289542 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE222 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Brymbo Hill Section | Linear earthwork | Brymbo | , SJ289539 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE109 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Section S from Cae Llewellyn | Linear earthwork | Brymbo | , SJ291526 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE110 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Section S from Pen y Coed | Linear earthwork | Brymbo | , SJ288544 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE112 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Section South of Brymbo Colliery | Linear earthwork | Brymbo | , SJ290532 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE185 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Vron Farm Section | Linear earthwork | Brymbo | , SJ291519 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE113 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Vron Section | Linear earthwork | Brymbo | , SJ291523 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE184 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Caeau-Gwynion Section | Linear earthwork | Chirk | , SJ273396 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE133 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Chirk Castle Section extending NE from Castle Mill | Linear earthwork | Chirk | , SJ266379 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE134 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Chirk Park Section extending 340m NE of Home Farm | Linear earthwork | Chirk | , SJ268384 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE198 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Chirk Park Section extending NE from the Lake | Linear earthwork | Chirk | , SJ270390 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE135 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Section N & S of Plas-Offa | Linear earthwork | Chirk | , SJ282407 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE138 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Section N & S of Tan-y-Cut | Linear earthwork | Chirk | , SJ283409 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE140 | ||
| Offa's Dyke Section South of River Gwenfro | Linear earthwork | Coedpoeth | , SJ292516 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE183 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: North Section at Coedpoeth | Linear earthwork | Coedpoeth | , SJ292513 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE182 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Plas Power Section | Linear earthwork | Coedpoeth | , SJ296497 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE139 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Section in Plas Power Park | Linear earthwork | Coedpoeth | , SJ294503 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE180 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: South Section at Coedpoeth | Linear earthwork | Coedpoeth | , SJ292510 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE181 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Cadwgan Hall Section, extending from River Clywedog to the Railway | Linear earthwork | Esclusham | , SJ297489 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE132 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Pentre-Bychan Hall Section, extending 540m S from Bron-Wylfa | Linear earthwork | Esclusham | , SJ299480 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE137 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Section extending 120m from Railway to Bronwylfa Road, Legacy | Linear earthwork | Esclusham | , SJ298483 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE194 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Section S of Bryn yr Owen Farm | Linear earthwork | Esclusham | , SJ299475 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE174 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Sections N & S of Bryn yr Owen Colliery | Linear earthwork | Esclusham | , SJ299473 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE179 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Section from Footpath S of Pen-y-Bryn to Orseddwen | Linear earthwork | Glyntraian | , SJ252355 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE136 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Section S of Aberderfyn Road | Linear earthwork | Rhosllanerchrugog | , SJ300466 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE178 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Section N of Home Farm | Linear earthwork | Ruabon | , SJ294430 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE177 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Section SW from Tatham Bridge | Linear earthwork | Ruabon | , SJ296440 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE141 | ||
| Offa's Dyke: Y Gardden Camp Section | Linear earthwork | Ruabon | , SJ299445 | Denbighshire | Early Medieval | DE142 | ||
| Bangor Bridge | Bridge | Bangor Is-y-coed | , SJ387454 | Flintshire | Medieval | FL017 | ||
| Haulton Ring Moated Site | Moated Site | Bronington | , SJ468372 | Flintshire | Medieval | FL100 | ||
| Mount Cop Castle Mound | Motte | Bronington | , SJ470409 | Flintshire | Medieval | FL099 | ||
| Wolvesacre Hall Moated Site | Moated Site | Bronington | , SJ506424 | Flintshire | Medieval | FL178 | ||
| Castell y Waun Castle Mound | Motte | Chirk | , SJ291375 | Denbighshire | Medieval | DE117 | ||
| Cadwgan Hall Mound | Motte | Esclusham | , SJ298487 | Denbighshire | Medieval | DE131 | ||
| Moated Site near Groesfoel Farm, Rhostyllen | Moated Site | Esclusham | , SJ304482 | Denbighshire | Medieval | DE193 | ||
| Halghton Lodge Moated Site | Moated Site | Hanmer | , SJ418432 | Flintshire | Medieval | FL174 | ||
| Hanmer Churchyard Cross | Cross | Hanmer | , SJ455397 | Flintshire | Medieval | FL098 | ||
| Hanmer Moated Site | Moated Site | Hanmer | , SJ458398 | Flintshire | Medieval | FL184 | ||
| Pear Tree Lane Moat & Fishpond | Moated Site | Hanmer | , SJ437416 | Flintshire | Medieval | FL175 | ||
| Fishponds at Esp Hill | Fishpond | Holt | , SJ404538 | Denbighshire | Medieval | DE224 | ||
| Holt Bridge | Bridge | Holt | , SJ411543 | Denbighshire | Medieval | DE024 | ||
| Holt Castle | Castle | Holt | , SJ411537 | Denbighshire | Medieval | DE106 | ||
| Penley Hall Moated Site | Moated Site | Maelor South | , SJ416404 | Flintshire | Medieval | FL097 | ||
| Erddig Mound & Bailey Castle | Motte & Bailey | Marchwiel | , SJ327486 | Denbighshire | Medieval | DE017 | ||
| Lightwood Farm Moated Site | Moated Site | Overton-on-Dee | , SJ388410 | Flintshire | Medieval | FL095 | ||
| Tallarn Green Moated Site | Moated Site | Willington Worthenbury | , SJ446439 | Flintshire | Medieval | FL177 | ||
| Peat Processing Works, Fenn's Moss | Industrial building | Bronington | , SJ478366 | Flintshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | FL182 | ||
| Brymbo Ironworks: Early Blast Furnace, Cast House & Foundry | Industrial monument | Brymbo | , SJ294535 | Established by John Wilkinson, these iron and steel works operated between 1796 and 1990. An original blast furnace stack remains on the site. | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE202 | |
| Brymbo Lead Smelting Works | Industrial monument | Brymbo | , SJ284538 | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE233 | ||
| Penrhos Engine House | Engine house | Brymbo | , SJ285532 | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE203 | ||
| Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal | Aqueduct | Chirk,,, | , SJ270419 | Built in 1805, by Thomas Telford, this is the longest and highest aqueduct in Britain. It carries the Llangollen Canal over the River Dee. | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE175 | |
| The Holyhead Road: the Chirk Embankment and earlier trackways | Road | Chirk | , SJ289374 | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE288 | ||
| Bersham Colliery: No 2 Winding Gear | Industrial monument | Esclusham | , SJ314481 | One of 38 former coalmines in the Wrexham area, Bersham was productive from 1874 to 1976 | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE199 | |
| Bersham Ironworks | Ironworks | Esclusham | , SJ307493 | Ironworks of John Wilkinson, pioneering smooth-bored iron cannons. It now incorporates a museum. | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE189 | |
| Pont y Cysylltau | Bridge | Llangollen Rural | , SJ268420 | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE027 | ||
| Bank of Six Vertical Limekilns at Minera Quarry | Limekiln | Minera | , SJ258519 | Built in 1852, there are 6 kilns, rising to 15m | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE236 | |
| Meadow Shaft, Minera | Lead mine | Minera | , SJ275509 | These shafts had two periods of lead extraction, in the 18th and the mid-19th centuries. A restored pumping engine house, boiler house and chimney, winder engine house, rock crusher house, restored ore house and buddles are all part of the Minera Lead Mines Country Park. | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE244 | |
| Minera Halvans Plant | Industrial monument | Minera | , SJ271514 | Built by Taylors mining company from 1872, this site within the Lead Mines complex, extracted lead ore from existingheaps of low grade waste. The plant included a beam engine, Cornish crushers, boiler house and six buddles. | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE242 | |
| Minera Hoffman Limekiln | Limekiln | Minera | , SJ256519 | Earliest Hoffman type limekiln in the world. An oval tunnel with 24 archways allowed burning to progress continuously round the kiln, built in 1868 | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE235 | |
| Nant Mill Wood Shaft Mounds | Shaft Mounds | Minera | , SJ281505 | Early bell pit coalmine shafts, south of the Minera lead mines | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE237 | |
| New Minera Lead Mine | Lead mine | Minera | , SJ278508 | Located lower down the valley side than the older Minera lead mines, this site was worked from 1889 until the early 20th century. Now partially excavated, it has remains of various innovative items of machinery. | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE241 | |
| Taylor's Shaft, Minera | Lead mine | Minera | , SJ270512 | Main lead mine shaft when Minera mines were re-opened in 1849. It was excavated in 1993-4 and includes winding house, chimney and boiler house bases | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE243 | |
| Wrexham Churchyard Ornamental Wrought Iron Gates and Screen | Gate | Offa | , SJ335501 | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE158 | ||
| Wynnstay Colliery Walker Fan House | Industrial monument | Ruabon | , SJ293433 | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE238 | ||
| Wynnstay Colliery Winding Engine House | Engine house | Ruabon | , SJ293432 | Denbighshire | Post-Medieval/Modern | DE190 |