Aberfan
Aberfan is a Village in the county of Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful).
Aberfan postcode: CF48 4PR
There are great places to visit near Aberfan.
Aberfan History
There are some historic monuments around Aberfan:
- Cyfarthfa balance pond and leat
- Merthyr Tramroad: Morlais Castle section
- Carn Castell y Meibion ring cairn
- Fforest Gwladys Roman practice camp
- Cefn Cil-sanws, cairn on SW side of
- Hut Circles & Enclosures on Buarth Maen
- Carneddi Llwydion
- Merthyr Tramroad Tunnel (Trevithick's Tunnel)
- Gelligaer Roman Site
- Rhaslas Pond South Dam
- Nant Crew Inscribed Stone (now in Cefn Coed Church)
- Gelligaer Common Roman Road
- Cefn Cil-Sanws ring cairn
- Capel Gwladys
- Cyfarthfa Tramroad Section at Heolgerrig
- Ring Cairn and Two Standing Stones on Coedpenmaen Common
- Ventilation Furnace, Trehafod
- Garn Las Earthwork
- Enclosure on Coedcae'r Ychain
- Twyn y Bridallt Roman Camp
- Dyke 315m E of Tyla-Glas
- Cwmdu Air Shaft & Fan
- Morlais Hill ring cairn
- Remains of Iron Furnace at Cwmaman
- Cross Ridge Dyke & Cairn on Twyn Hywel
- Merthyr Common Round Cairns
- Cross Ridge Dyke & Earthwork on Cefn Eglwysilan
- Cefn Merthyr Round Cairns
- Cae Burdydd Castle
- Site of Tegernacus Stone
- Cairnfield on Mynydd Eglwysilan
- Tredegar Ironworks Cholera Cemetery
- Cefn Cil-sanws defended enclosure
- Tai Mawr Leat for Cyfarthfa Iron Works
- Cwm Pit and head of railway
- Abercanaid haystack boiler
- Platform Houses on East Side of Gelligaer Common
- Remains of Blast Furnaces, Cyfarthfa Ironworks
- Tir Lan round barrow cemetery
- Prehistoric Rock Art on Mynydd Eglwysilan Common
- Graig-y-Gilfach round cairn and earthwork
- Two Round Cairns on the Bryn
- Ring Cairn 350m W of Penrhiw Caradoc, Llanwonno
- Gelligaer Common Round Cairns
- Brynbychan Round Cairn
- Pontypridd Bridge
- Gurnos Quarry Tramroad & Leat
- Platform Houses and Cairn Cemetery on Dinas Noddfa
- Cwm Glo pit and ironstone tip
- Cairn 270m N of Pont Ffosyrhebog
- Platform Houses on Coly Uchaf
- Carn Pentyle-Hir & Adjacent Round Cairn
- Dyke 387m E of Clawdd Trawscae Farm
- Garnedd Lwyd
- Ynys Fach Iron Furnaces
- Darren Fawr Round Cairns
- Cwm Glo Chapel
- Coed Cae Round Cairns
- Three Platform Houses on Cefn Brithdir
- Iron Ore Scours and Patch Workings at Winch Fawr, Merthyr Tydfil
- Merthyr Tramroad: Pont y Gwaith section and associated bridges
- Twyn Castell
- Black Pins early ironstone workings
- Penmoelallt Round Barrows
- Y Garreg Siglo Bardic Complex
- Ring Cairn South of Twyn Blaennant
- Iron Canal Bridge from Rhydycar
- Carn-y-Wiwer Cairnfield & Platform Houses
- Maen Cattwg (cup-marked stone)
- Rectangular Earthworks 530m SSW of Heol-Ddu-Uchaf
- Sarn Howell Pond and Watercourses
- Gelligaer Common Standing Stone
- Morlais Castle
- Vale of Neath railway cutting and tunnel portal
- Deserted Iron Mining Village, Ffos-y-fran
- Pont y Cafnau Tramroad Bridge
- Pillow Mound at Bryn y Gwyddel
- Capel y Brithdir
- Cyfarthfa Canal Level
- Gwersyll
- Rhymney Upper Furnace
- Hetty Pit
- Carn-y-Pigwn Round Cairn
