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