Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Spon Chapel
Buckley, Flintshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Buckley, Flintshire, recorded as Chapel (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Chapel
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 3 October 1997
- Community
- Buckley
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.15678, -3.07352
- SAM number
- FL193
- Cadw record number
- 1486
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a small medieval chapel, which is aligned on an E-W axis and measures 14m x 7m. A rectangular setting of pitched stone footings measuring 1-1.2m wide is all that remains of the chapel building. This is surrounded by a roughly circular enclosure ditch with a v-shaped profile, which measures 2 wide x 0.8m deep. There is also an associated trackway and graves which were revealed during excavation.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity. The site forms an important element within the wider medieval landscape. The site is well preserved and retains considerable archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of evidence relating to chronology, layout, building techniques and functional detail.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Wat's Dyke: Section NE of Hen-Dy FarmLinear Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Wat's Dyke: Section W of Garreg-LwydLinear Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Pen-yr-Allt Farmhouse and attached byreDomesticunder 1 mi
- The TivoliRecreationalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.