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Spon Chapel is a medieval chapel located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled ancient monument under reference FL193. The building stands on bedrock of the Pennine and South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation, a geological sequence of mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete that formed during the Moscovian period of the Carboniferous. This coal-bearing geology is characteristic of South Wales' industrial heritage landscape, though the chapel itself represents an earlier phase of settlement in the region, predating the large-scale coal extraction that would transform the area in later centuries. The monument survives as evidence of medieval religious life and community structure in a region where such chapels served dispersed rural populations. Its protected status recognises the archaeological and historical significance of this standing medieval structure within the broader settlement pattern of medieval Wales.
Spon Chapel is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL193. View the official record →
Spon Chapel is a medieval chapel located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled ancient monument under reference FL193.
Spon Chapel dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a chapel. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Spon 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 FL193.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Plas Maen Cottage round barrow (7.1 km), Bridge 157m E of Ffrith Village (7.4 km), Ffrith Roman Site (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Spon 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.
Spon 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.