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