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