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St. Gwenfrewi's Chapel, Gwytherin is a medieval chapel standing in the Vale of Conwy in north Wales. The building occupies ground underlain by Ludlow Rocks, a Silurian bedrock of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that has shaped the local landscape for over 400 million years. This solid geological foundation has provided the stable base necessary for the chapel's survival through centuries of Welsh weather and history.
The chapel is a modest structure typical of rural medieval Wales, serving the local community of Gwytherin in Conwy County Borough. Its construction reflects the religious life of the medieval Welsh, when small chapels formed the spiritual centres of dispersed upland settlements. The site's position within this ancient geological setting, where softer rocks have weathered to create fertile valleys, would have made it accessible to the farming communities it served.
The chapel is now protected and recorded by Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments service, under the reference DE240. This designation ensures the preservation of the building as a significant example of medieval religious architecture in Wales. Today it remains a tangible link to the medieval spiritual landscape of Gwytherin and the enduring faith of its people across the generations.
St. Gwenfrewi's Chapel, Gwytherin is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE240. View the official record →
St. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE240.
St. Gwenfrewi's Chapel, Gwytherin dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a chapel. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
St. Gwenfrewi's Chapel, Gwytherin 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 DE240.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nant y Foel long hut (6 km), Moel Rhiwlug Cist Cairn (6.2 km), Maen Sertan Boundary Stone (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of St. Gwenfrewi's Chapel, Gwytherin'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.
St. Gwenfrewi's Chapel, Gwytherin stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.