Talgarth
Talgarth is a Village in the county of Powys.
Talgarth postcode: LD3 0AE
There are great places to visit near Talgarth including some great waterfalls, mountains, caves and ancient sites.
Talgarth has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Sgwd Yr Eira, Dan Yr Ogof Waterfalls, Sgwd Isaf Clun Gwyn, and Sgwd Y Pannwr.
The area around Talgarth boasts some of the best mountains including Corn Du, and Pen y Fan.
There are a number of caves near to Talgarth including Dan Yr Ogof.
There are a number of ancient sites near to Talgarth including Maen Llia Standing Stone.
Talgarth History
There are some historic monuments around Talgarth:
- Ty Illtyd Long Barrow
- Cefn Barn Ringwork
- Castle Mound 400m N of Cefnige
- Enclosure W of Allt yr Esgair
- Standing Stone E of Llangoed Wood
- Cwm Fforest Long Barrow
- Castle Tump
- Bronllys Castle
- The Peterstone
- Neuadd-Glan-Gwy Standing Stone
- Pen Allt-mawr platform cairn
- Enclosure West of Sorgwm
- Pentre Jack Settlement
- Porthamel Tower
- Bronllys moated site
- Round Barrow 400m S of Church
- Mynydd Llangorse, cairn on S end of
- Clyro Castle
- Llyswen Camp
- Boughrood Castle
- Kidney-shaped enclosure 1km SE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw
- Cefn Moel Round Cairn III
- Talgarth Camp
- Llanfilo Moated Site
- Gwernyfed Park Camp
- Mynydd Bychan platform cairn
- Crickadarn Camp
- Enclosure on Cockit Hill
- Round Barrow 90m NE of Pipton Farm
- Pen Gloch-y-pibwr, platform cairn on S end of
- Blaen y Cwm Uchaf Cairn Cemetery
- Ffynnon Las Round Cairn I
- Mynydd Llangorse Cairn
- Ffostyll Long Barrows
- Garden Earthworks at Old Gwernyfed
- Pen y Wyrlod Long Cairn
- Medieval Building in Llanfilo Village
- Inscribed Stone in Church
- Maesgwyn round barrow
- Cross-Slab in Church
- Ty-Isaf Long Barrow
- Bwlch Round Cairn
- Clyro Court chambered tomb
- Castle Kinsey
- Moated Site E of Pont-y-Bat Wood
- Pen Tir, cairn on S end of
- Tredustan Castle Mound
- Cross Slab in Llowes Church
- Crannog in Llangorse Lake
- Gileston Standing Stone
- Great House Mound & Bailey Castle
- Pen Tir Ring Cairn and Ritual Platform
- Western Camp
- Coed y Gaer
- Wern Frank Wood round cairn
- Castell Blaenllynfi
- Mynydd Troed, round cairn on S end of
- Pen Trumau Round Cairns
- Moated Site in Llanfilo Village
- Llanthomas Castle Mound
- Glasbury Old Church
- Cefn Moel Round Cairn and Ritual Platform
- Begwns round cairn
- Pen Gloch-y-pibwr, cairn on W side of
- Ffynnon Las Bronze Age Ritual Complex
- Allt yr Esgair Camp
- Moated Site 800m NE of Felinfach
- Twyn y Garth Round Barrows
- Bailey Bedw Ring Cairn
- Bwlch Bach a'r Grib, round cairn to SW of
- Cefn Moel Round Houses
- House Platforms and Hollow Ways in the Shrunken Medieval Village of Llanfihangel Tal-y-Llyn
- Aberllynfi chapel
- Llanfilo Camp
- Twmpan Castle Mound
- Bwlch Bach a'r Grib round cairn
- Little Lodge Long Barrow
- Maes Clythan Wood cairn
- Coed y Polyn round barrow
- Trefecca-Fawr Moated Site
- Mynydd Troed Long Barrow
- Cefn Moel Round Barrows
- Trefecca Castle Mound
- Bipartite enclosure 1km SSE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw
- Pipton Long Barrow
- Castell Dinas
Places to see near Talgarth
History of Talgarth
A Roman fort near Cwmdu (Pen-y-Gaer) is also of significance to Talgarth as there was a Roman route from Abergavenny via Pen-y-Gaer up the Rhiangoll valley to Talgarth, some experts say to Castell Collen near Llandrindod. Much evidence has been lost in the intervening 2000 years, but there is growing circumstantial evidence to suggest there is a missing Roman fort in the Talgarth area, at the crossroads of two or possibly three Roman routes, the Roman road from Pen-y-gaer, from Clyro to Y Gaer near Brecon and even the river Llynfi itself, although the latter may not be acceptable to some archaeologists. Nevertheless, water routes, even small ones are not unknown to have been used for man-hauling equipment in small, narrow flat bottom boats.
