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:
- Fforest Gwladys Roman practice camp
- Merthyr Tramroad: Morlais Castle section
- Deserted Iron Mining Village, Ffos-y-fran
- Gelligaer Roman Site
- Buarth y Caerau Cairn
- Pant Serthfa round cairn
- Afon Sirhowy hut circle
- Merthyr Tramroad Tunnel (Trevithick's Tunnel)
- Cyfarthfa Canal Level
- Vale of Neath railway cutting and tunnel portal
- Carn Caws, round cairn to N of
- Tir Lan round barrow cemetery
- Nant Morlais Hafod
- Dyke 315m E of Tyla-Glas
- Twyn Bryn March round cairn
- Cefn Merthyr Round Cairns
- Rectangular Earthworks 530m SSW of Heol-Ddu-Uchaf
- Cwm Criban Prehistoric Settlement
- Maen Cattwg (cup-marked stone)
- Pant Serthfa stone row
- Ring Cairn 350m W of Penrhiw Caradoc, Llanwonno
- Twyn Castell
- Carreg Waun Llech Prehistoric Standing Stone
- Carreg Wen Fawr y Rugos cairn cemetery
- Twyn Disgwylfa platform cairn
- Gelligaer Common Round Cairns
- Twyn Ceilog Round Cairn
- Platform Houses and Cairn Cemetery on Dinas Noddfa
- Incline Haulage Winding Engine, Mynydd Bedwellty
- Platform Houses on Coly Uchaf
- Dyke 387m E of Clawdd Trawscae Farm
- Trefil Tramroad
- Tredegar Ironworks Cholera Cemetery
- Waun y Gwair Cairn
- Gelligaer Common Roman Road
- Pontsticill platform cairn
- Capel y Brithdir
- Three Platform Houses on Cefn Brithdir
- Y Gaer, Dol-y-Gaer
- Morlais Castle
- Y Domen Fawr round cairn
- Clo Cadno platform cairn
- Gelligaer Common Standing Stone
- Capel Gwladys
- Sirhowy Ironworks, Site of
- Cwm Pit and head of railway
- Garn Pontsticill ring cairn
- Cyfarthfa balance pond and leat
- Rhaslas Pond South Dam
- Ponsticill Inscribed Stone
- Merthyr Common Round Cairns
- Trefil Quarries North
- Iron Canal Bridge from Rhydycar
- Rhymney Upper Furnace
- Brynbychan Round Cairn
- Morlais Hill ring cairn
- Pen Bwlych Glascwm Pillow Mounds
- Cae Burdydd Castle
- Sarn Howell Pond and Watercourses
- Cairn 270m N of Pont Ffosyrhebog
- Cefn Man Moel cross-ridge dyke
- Carn y Bugail and Carn Felen
- Abercynafon Neolithic Site
- St. Sannan's Churchayrd Cross, Bedwellty
- Carn Caws round cairn
- Coed Cae Round Cairns
- Ynys Fach Iron Furnaces
- Garn Fawr round cairn
- Abercanaid haystack boiler
- Platform Houses on East Side of Gelligaer Common
- Site of Tegernacus Stone
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.
