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Cwm Glo Chapel is a post-medieval chapel located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM610. The building stands on bedrock comprising the Pennine and South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation, a geological unit formed during the Moscovian period and composed of mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete. This coal-bearing geology shaped the wider landscape and economy of the region during the period when the chapel was built and used.
As a post-medieval chapel, Cwm Glo represents the religious life of its community during the early modern period and beyond. Such chapels served as focal points for worship and social gathering in rural Welsh communities, often serving congregations from dispersed settlements across surrounding valleys and hillsides. The chapel's survival to the present day reflects both its solid construction and the enduring importance of its site to local heritage.
The monument's protection under Cadw recognises its historical and architectural significance within Wales's post-medieval religious heritage. The chapel remains a tangible record of worship practices and building traditions in its locality, set within a landscape shaped by both natural geological processes and human industrial activity.
Cwm Glo Chapel is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM610. View the official record →
Cwm Glo Chapel is a post-medieval chapel located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM610.
Cwm Glo Chapel dates from the post medieval period, and is classified as a chapel. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cwm Glo Chapel is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is GM610.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rhos-Gwawr cairn cemetery (6.4 km), Remains of Iron Furnace at Cwmaman (6.7 km), Brynbychan Round Cairn (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cwm Glo Chapel's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cwm Glo Chapel stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.