List of Scheduled Monuments in Torfaen

The county borough of Torfaen is in the south-east corner of Wales, occupying the valley of the Afon Llwyd, from Cwmbran and Pontypool up to Blaenavon. With only 2 prehistoric and 5 medieval scheduled sites, the list, like the landscape, is dominated by the Industrial monuments of the 18th and 19th centuries. In particular, the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape is a World Heritage Site.^[1] Of the 25 monuments, 14 are found within the Blaenavon Community. All of the Torfaen administrative area lies within the historic county of Monmouthshire.

Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAMs) 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.^[2] The list of scheduled monuments below is supplied by Cadw^[3] with additional material from RCAHMW and Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.

Scheduled Monuments in Torfaen

Image	Name	Site type	Community	Location	Details	Period	SAM No & Refs
	Carn-y-Defaid Round Cairns	Round cairn	Blaenavon, (also Llanfoist Fawr), (see also Monmouthshire)	51°47′03″N 3°03′31″W / 51.7842°N 3.0585°W, SO270100		Prehistoric	MM209 [4]
	Cairns (4) West of Craig y Dyffryn	Round cairn	Henllys	51°37′43″N 3°05′01″W / 51.6285°N 3.0835°W, ST251927		Prehistoric	MM045 [5]
	Capel Newydd, Blaenavon (site of)	Chapel	Blaenavon	51°45′47″N 3°03′33″W / 51.763°N 3.0592°W, SO269076		Medieval	MM212 [6]
	Llanderfel Church	Church	Fairwater	51°39′06″N 3°03′55″W / 51.6516°N 3.0653°W, ST263953		Medieval	MM271 [7]
	St. Peter's Churchyard Cross, Henllys	Cross	Henllys	51°36′48″N 3°03′32″W / 51.6132°N 3.059°W, ST267910		Medieval	MM309 [8]
	Llantarnam Churchyard Cross	Cross	Llantarnam	51°37′58″N 3°00′10″W / 51.6328°N 3.0028°W, ST306931	Socket and shaft of a medieval cross, with modern steps and cross-head.	Medieval	MM136 [9]
	Llantarnam Abbey Tithe Barn	Tithe barn	Llantarnam	51°37′54″N 2°59′43″W / 51.6317°N 2.9954°W, ST312930	Long presumed to be an abbey building, this is now thought to be a 17th-century building	Medieval	MM137 [10]
	Abersychan Limestone Railway	Railway	Abersychan	51°43′57″N 3°03′07″W / 51.7324°N 3.0519°W, SO274042	Built c 1830 to carry limestone from Cwm Lascarn quarry to the British Ironworks.	Post Medieval/Modern	GM597 [11]
	Air Furnace at British Ironworks	Ironworks	Abersychan	51°43′34″N 3°04′37″W / 51.7262°N 3.0769°W, SO257036	Rare remains of a reverbatory air furnace used for re-melting cast iron. The furnace is in the courtyard of the derelict foundry buildings.	Post-Medieval/Modern	MM221 [12]
	British Colliery Pumping Engine House	Engine house	Abersychan	51°43′36″N 3°04′30″W / 51.7266°N 3.0751°W, SO258036	Cornish beam pumping engine house built by the British Iron Company. Built of sandstone with a slate roof, and retains several fixtures.	Post-Medieval/Modern	MM216 [13]
	Cwmbyrgwm Colliery	Coal Mine	Abersychan	51°43′25″N 3°05′09″W / 51.7236°N 3.0858°W, SO252033	Site of former colliery including remains of a water-balance headgear, chimney, oval shafts, water power dams, tramroad routes, and waste tips.	Post-Medieval/Modern	MM163 [14]
	Aaron Brute's Level and Iron Bridge	Level	Blaenavon	51°46′22″N 3°05′27″W / 51.7728°N 3.0909°W, SO248088		Post-Medieval/Modern	MM220 [15]
	Blaenavon Ironworks [1]	Industrial monument	Blaenavon	51°46′37″N 3°05′21″W / 51.777°N 3.0892°W, SO249092		Post-Medieval/Modern	MM200 [16]
	Blaenavon Upper Brick Yard	Quarry	Blaenavon	51°46′52″N 3°05′13″W / 51.781°N 3.087°W, SO251097	Also known as Bunker Hill Brick Yard.	Post-Medieval/Modern	MM296 [17]
	Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline	Industrial monument	Blaenavon	51°46′57″N 3°05′56″W / 51.7826°N 3.099°W, SO242098		Post-Medieval/Modern	MM222 [18]
	Coal and Iron Ore Workings West of Abergavenny Road, Blaenavon	Iron mine	Blaenavon	51°47′13″N 3°05′02″W / 51.7869°N 3.084°W, SO253103		Post-Medieval/Modern	MM297 [19]
	Coity Sandstone Quarry and Incline	Quarry	Blaenavon	51°46′12″N 3°06′37″W / 51.7699°N 3.1102°W, SO234084		Post-Medieval/Modern	MM279 [20]
	Dyne Steel Incline	Incline	Blaenavon, (also Llanfoist Fawr), (see also Monmouthshire)	51°47′36″N 3°06′06″W / 51.7933°N 3.1017°W, SO241110		Post-Medieval/Modern	MM280 [21]
	Engine Pit, Blaenavon	Coal Mine	Blaenavon	51°46′29″N 3°05′50″W / 51.7747°N 3.0972°W, SO243090	Earliest Blaenafon shaft coalmine, sunk in 1806	Post-Medieval/Modern	MM277 [22]
	Iron and coal patching at Pen-ffordd-goch (Keeper's Pond), Blaenavon	Industrial monument	Blaenavon, (also Llanfoist Fawr), (see also Monmouthshire)	51°47′18″N 3°04′38″W / 51.7882°N 3.0773°W, SO257104		Post-Medieval/Modern	MM227 [23]
	Ironstone Quarries at Carreg Maen Taro	Quarry	Blaenavon, (also Llanfoist Fawr and Llanelly), (see also Monmouthshire)	51°47′38″N 3°06′20″W / 51.794°N 3.1056°W, SO238111		Post-Medieval/Modern	MM295 [24]
	Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon	Air Shaft	Blaenavon	51°46′46″N 3°05′51″W / 51.7795°N 3.0974°W, SO243095		Post-Medieval/Modern	MM293 [25]
	Pwll Du Tramroad Tunnel Southern Approach	Industrial monument	Blaenavon	51°46′53″N 3°05′26″W / 51.7814°N 3.0905°W, SO248096		Post-Medieval/Modern	MM223 [26]
	Iron Ore Scours at Upper Race, Pontypool	Industrial monument	Pontymoile	51°40′53″N 3°02′55″W / 51.6815°N 3.0486°W, ST276986		Post-Medieval/Modern	MM256 [27]
	Old Beam Pump & Winding Engine, Glyn Pits	Industrial building	Pontymoile	51°41′33″N 3°03′50″W / 51.6924°N 3.0638°W, ST265998		Post-Medieval/Modern	MM192 [28]

Scheduled Monuments in Torfaen, Wales.
=Prehistoric =Roman =Early Medieval
=Medieval =Post-Medieval/Modern

See also

• List of Cadw properties
• List of castles in Wales
• List of hill forts in Wales
• Historic houses in Wales
• List of monastic houses in Wales
• List of museums in Wales
• List of Roman villas in Wales
• Grade I listed buildings in Torfaen
• Grade II* listed buildings in Torfaen

References

• Coflein is the online database of RCAHMW: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, GGAT is the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust, Cadw is the Welsh Historic Monuments Agency

1. Blaenafon Industrial Landscape
2. Cadw: Ancient Monuments and Scheduling. Accessed 25 April 2013
3. 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
4. coflein NPRN: 306237 South cairn, coflein NPRN: 306238 North cairn. GGAT PRN: 08442g. Cadw SAM: MM209: Carn-y-Defaid Round Cairns
5. coflein NPRN: 307841. coflein NPRN: 307842. coflein NPRN: 307843. coflein NPRN: 307844. GGAT PRN: 00138g, GGAT PRN: 00139g, GGAT PRN: 00140g, GGAT PRN: 00141g. Cadw SAM: MM045: Cairns West of Craig y Dyffryn
6. coflein NPRN: 300133. GGAT PRN: 02079g. Cadw SAM: MM212: Capel Newydd, Blaenavon (site of)
7. coflein NPRN: 307835. GGAT PRN: 0106g. Cadw SAM: MM271: Llanderfel Church
8. coflein NPRN: 307834. GGAT PRN: 00151g. Cadw SAM: MM309: St. Peter's Churchyard Cross, Henllys
9. coflein NPRN: 307897. GGAT PRN: 00623g. Cadw SAM: MM136: Churchyard Cross
10. coflein NPRN: 43276. GGAT PRN: 00627g. Cadw SAM: MM137: Llantarnam Abbey Tithe Barn
11. coflein NPRN: 407507. GGAT PRN: 07226g. Cadw SAM: GM597: Abersychan Railway
12. coflein NPRN: 85068. GGAT PRN: 04698g. Cadw SAM: MM221: Air Furnace at British Ironworks
13. coflein NPRN: 85065. GGAT PRN: 04699g. Cadw SAM: MM216: British Colliery Pumping Engine House
14. coflein NPRN: 85072. GGAT PRN: 02156g. Cadw SAM: MM163: Cwmbyrgwm Colliery
15. Level coflein NPRN: 307044. GGAT PRN: 03319g. Bridge coflein NPRN: 307044. GGAT PRN: 03319g. Cadw SAM: MM220: Aaron Brute's Level and Iron Bridge
16. coflein NPRN: 34134. GGAT PRN: 02221g. Cadw SAM: MM200: Blaenavon Ironworks
17. coflein NPRN: 260702. GGAT PRN: 08117g. Cadw SAM: MM296: Blaenavon Upper Brick Yard
18. coflein NPRN: 88059. GGAT PRN: 04694g. Cadw SAM: MM222: Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline
19. coflein NPRN: 304095. GGAT PRN: 05529g. Cadw SAM: MM297: Coal and Iron Ore Workings West of Abergavenny Road, Blaenavon
20. coflein NPRN: 276010. GGAT PRN: 03439g. Cadw SAM: MM279: Coity Sandstone Quarry and Incline
21. coflein NPRN: 260302. GGAT PRN: 05493.0g. Cadw SAM: MM280: Dyne Steel Incline
22. coflein NPRN: 67650. GGAT PRN: 03321g. Cadw SAM: MM277: Engine Pit, Blaenavon
23. coflein NPRN: 308295. GGAT PRN: 00056g. Cadw SAM: MM227: Iron and coal patching at Pen-ffordd-goch, Blaenavon
24. coflein NPRN: 260542. GGAT PRN: 03552g. Cadw SAM: MM295: Ironstone Quarries at Carreg Maen Taro
25. coflein NPRN: 276020. GGAT PRN: 07826g. Cadw SAM: MM293: Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon
26. coflein NPRN: 85831. GGAT PRN: 04692.0g. Cadw SAM: MM223: Pwll Du Tramroad Tunnel Southern Approach
27. coflein NPRN: 302570. GGAT PRN: 0797g. Cadw SAM: MM256: Iron Ore Scours at Upper Race, Pontypool
28. coflein NPRN: 33566. GGAT PRN: 02335g. Cadw SAM: MM192: Old Beam Pump & Winding Engine, Glyn Pits