Caerphilly
Caerphilly is a Village in the county of Caerphilly (Caerffili).
There are great places to visit near Caerphilly.
Caerphilly History
There are some historic monuments around Caerphilly:
- Wenallt Camp, Rhiwbina
- Ely Roman Villa
- Morganstown Castle Mound
- Melingriffith Water Pump
- House Platforms to W of Mynydd Machen
- Machen Forge and Tinplate Works
- Ruperra Castle lower summerhouse remains
- Cooking Mound East of Taff Terrace
- Cardiff Castle and Roman Fort
- Twmpath, Rhiwbina
- Old Bishop's Palace, Llandaff
- Former Dam of Cwmcarn Canal Reservoir
- Prehistoric Rock Art on Mynydd Eglwysilan Common
- Cairnfield on Mynydd Eglwysilan
- Cairn Cemetery on Mynydd Bach, Bedwas
- Twyn Tudor
- Cross in Llandaff Cathedral
- Begwns Round Barrow, Mynydd Machen
- Maen Cattwg (cup-marked stone)
- Dominican Friary
- Pen y lan Roman Site
- Castell Morgraig
- Fort South of Pen-Llwyn-Fawr
- Twyn Castell
- Garnedd Lwyd
- Two Round Cairns on the Bryn
- Castell Coch
- Tomen y Clawdd
- Bryn Owen Farm Cairns, Llanfabon
- Charcoal Blast Furnace at Abercarn
- Bedwas Churchyard Cross
- Castle Field Camp E Of Craig-Llywn
- Cross Ridge Dyke & Earthwork on Cefn Eglwysilan
- Merthyr Tramroad: Pont y Gwaith section and associated bridges
- Caerphilly Castle
- Caerphilly Iron Furnace
- Cross Ridge Dyke & Cairn on Twyn Hywel
- Ruperra Castle
- Five Round Barrows on Garth Hill
- Ruperra Hillfort and Motte
- Llandaff Cathedral Bell Tower
- Llwynda-Ddu Camp
- The Pottery, Nantgarw
- Twyn-Yr-Oerfel Round Barrows
- Rudry Ironworks
- Caerffili Mountain Shaft Mounds
- Pen-y-Rhiw Round Cairn
- Gwern-y-Domen Castle Mound
- St-y-Nyll Round Barrow
- Carneddi Llwydion
- Gelligaer Roman Site
- Cornish Type Engine House, Bryngwyn Colliery
- Twyn Cae-Hugh Round Barrow
History of Caerphilly
The original town of Caerphilly grew up as a small settlement raised just south of the castle by De Clare.
