Rhymney
Rhymney is a Village in the county of Caerphilly (Caerffili).
Rhymney postcode: NP22
There are great places to visit near Rhymney.
Rhymney History
There are some historic monuments around Rhymney:
- Clo Cadno platform cairn
- Cefn Man Moel cross-ridge dyke
- Twyn Castell
- Ynys Fach Iron Furnaces
- Rhymney Upper Furnace
- Trefil Tramroad
- Pant Serthfa round cairn
- St. Sannan's Churchayrd Cross, Bedwellty
- Cwm Pit and head of railway
- Garn Pontsticill ring cairn
- Pant Serthfa stone row
- Merthyr Tramroad: Morlais Castle section
- Cwm Criban Prehistoric Settlement
- Sirhowy Ironworks, Site of
- Carn Caws, round cairn to N of
- Deserted Iron Mining Village, Ffos-y-fran
- Pen Bwlych Glascwm Pillow Mounds
- Platform Houses on East Side of Gelligaer Common
- Cefn Merthyr Round Cairns
- Vale of Neath railway cutting and tunnel portal
- Carreg Waun Llech Prehistoric Standing Stone
- Morlais Castle
- Pontsticill platform cairn
- Gelligaer Common Standing Stone
- Cairn 270m N of Pont Ffosyrhebog
- Platform Houses and Cairn Cemetery on Dinas Noddfa
- Tredegar Ironworks Cholera Cemetery
- Three Platform Houses on Cefn Brithdir
- Buarth y Caerau Cairn
- Carn y Bugail and Carn Felen
- Coed Cae Round Cairns
- Gelligaer Common Roman Road
- Tir Lan round barrow cemetery
- Nant Morlais Hafod
- Y Gaer, Dol-y-Gaer
- Cyfarthfa Canal Level
- Abercanaid haystack boiler
- Gelligaer Roman Site
- Fforest Gwladys Roman practice camp
- Ring Cairn 350m W of Penrhiw Caradoc, Llanwonno
- Twyn Disgwylfa platform cairn
- Ponsticill Inscribed Stone
- Morlais Hill ring cairn
- Dyke 315m E of Tyla-Glas
- Merthyr Common Round Cairns
- Sarn Howell Pond and Watercourses
- Merthyr Tramroad Tunnel (Trevithick's Tunnel)
- Rectangular Earthworks 530m SSW of Heol-Ddu-Uchaf
- Afon Sirhowy hut circle
- Capel Gwladys
- Brynbychan Round Cairn
- Carreg Wen Fawr y Rugos cairn cemetery
- Capel y Brithdir
- Garn Fawr round cairn
- Iron Canal Bridge from Rhydycar
- Y Domen Fawr round cairn
- Rhaslas Pond South Dam
- Incline Haulage Winding Engine, Mynydd Bedwellty
- Cae Burdydd Castle
- Dyke 387m E of Clawdd Trawscae Farm
- Trefil Quarries North
- Waun y Gwair Cairn
- Twyn Bryn March round cairn
- Platform Houses on Coly Uchaf
- Abercynafon Neolithic Site
- Carn Caws round cairn
- Twyn Ceilog Round Cairn
- Gelligaer Common Round Cairns
- Site of Tegernacus Stone
- Maen Cattwg (cup-marked stone)
- Cyfarthfa balance pond and leat
History of Rhymney
The parish church of Rhymney is a Grade II listed building that was constructed in the neo-classical style. It was built by architect Philip Hardwick from London on commission for Andrew Buchan who was the manager of the local Rhymney brewery between 1838 1858. The building was listed in 1990 and was noted for being one of the most ‘interesting’ examples of neoclassical architecture in South Wales. Buchan himself is buried in the church vaults and is commemorated with a plaque in the nave of the parish. The parish is occasionally visited by enthusiasts of Hardwick’s work who are interested in neo-classical buildings of this type.
