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