Tonypandy
Tonypandy is a Town in the county of Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot).
There are great places to visit near Tonypandy.
Tonypandy History
There are some historic monuments around Tonypandy:
- Camp at Cwm Llwyd
- Ventilation Furnace, Trehafod
- Carn Castell y Meibion ring cairn
- Mynydd y Gelli kerb cairn
- Mynydd Maendy Round Cairn
- Craig y Bwlch round cairn
- Twyn y Bridallt Roman Camp
- Mynydd Maendy Hillfort
- Rhondda Fach Cairn
- Tarren y Bwlch round cairn
- St Peter's Church, Remains of
- Lle'r Gaer
- Llantrisant Castle
- Iron Tram Bridge, Robertstown
- Castell Nos
- Tarren Deusant Sculptured Rock & Spring
- Coity Burial Chamber
- Mynydd y Gaer
- Mynydd Ton Cairns
- The Beacons Round Barrows
- Carn-y-Pigwn Round Cairn
- Carn-y-Wiwer Cairnfield & Platform Houses
- Ring Cairn 350m W of Penrhiw Caradoc, Llanwonno
- Incline Haulage Systems, Cefn Ynysfeio, Treherbert
- Tramroad East of Robert's Town Bridge, Aberdare
- Graig-y-Gilfach round cairn and earthwork
- Remains of Iron Furnace at Cwmaman
- Tarren Maerdy cairn (E)
- Bwlch y Clawdd Dyke
- Mynydd Ty'n-tyle cairns
- Darren Fawr Round Cairns
- Gadlys Ironworks (Remains of Blast Furnace)
- Garn Bica
- Rhos-Gwawr cairn cemetery
- Hetty Pit
- Tarren Maerdy cairn (W)
- Earthwork at Pant-y-Pyllau, Coity Higher
History of Tonypandy
The regional library service recounts that the name ‘Tonypandy’ means the meadow of the fulling mill which was established there in 1838. “E. D. Lewis in his work The Rhondda Valleys provides us with an outline history of the mill that once stood in Tonypandy, and from which the town took its name”.
