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St Hilary's Chapel is a medieval stone structure located in Denbighshire, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference SAM DE005. The chapel dates to the medieval period and survives as a modest stone-built edifice that reflects the religious and architectural practices of its time. Its construction and dedication to Saint Hilary indicate its role as a place of worship within the local medieval community, though documentary evidence regarding its precise foundation date and patronage remains limited in the scholarly record. The surviving fabric of the building provides evidence of medieval masonry techniques and contributes to understanding the distribution of religious sites across medieval Denbighshire.
St Hilary's Chapel is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE005. View the official record →
St Hilary's Chapel is a medieval stone structure located in Denbighshire, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference SAM DE005.
St Hilary's Chapel dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a tower. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
St Hilary's 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 DE005.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Denbigh Medieval Town (North - Eastern Corner) (0.1 km), Earl of Leicester's Church (0.1 km), Denbigh Town Walls (0.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of St Hilary's 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.
St Hilary's Chapel stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.