Dowlais
Dowlais is a Town in the county of Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful).
There are great places to visit near Dowlais.
Dowlais History
There are some historic monuments around Dowlais:
- Morlais Hill ring cairn
- Abercynafon Neolithic Site
- Dyke 315m E of Tyla-Glas
- Iron Tram Bridge, Robertstown
- Remains of Blast Furnaces, Cyfarthfa Ironworks
- Gelligaer Common Standing Stone
- Gwersyll
- Cefn Car settlement
- Carn-y-Pigwn Round Cairn
- Rhos-Gwawr cairn cemetery
- Garn Pontsticill ring cairn
- Gelligaer Common Round Cairns
- Gurnos Quarry Tramroad & Leat
- Twyn y Bridallt Roman Camp
- Cefn Cil-sanws defended enclosure
- Ring Cairn 350m W of Penrhiw Caradoc, Llanwonno
- Iron Ore Scours and Patch Workings at Winch Fawr, Merthyr Tydfil
- Enclosure on Coedcae'r Ychain
- Enclosure East of Nant Cwm Moel
- Gadlys Ironworks (Remains of Blast Furnace)
- Trefil Quarries North
- Cyfarthfa Canal Level
- Twyn Ceilog Round Cairn
- Afon Sirhowy hut circle
- Pont y Cafnau Tramroad Bridge
- Buarth y Caerau Cairn
- Merthyr Tramroad: Morlais Castle section
- Carn Ddu platform cairn
- Ynys Fach Iron Furnaces
- Maen Cattwg (cup-marked stone)
- Merthyr Common Round Cairns
- Nant Crew Inscribed Stone (now in Cefn Coed Church)
- Remains of Iron Furnace at Cwmaman
- Vale of Neath railway cutting and tunnel portal
- Trefil Tramroad
- Capel Gwladys
- Cefn Cil-sanws, cairn on SW side of
- Garn Las Earthwork
- Carn Castell y Meibion ring cairn
- Coetgae'r Gwartheg barrow cemetery
- Pontsticill platform cairn
- Pant Serthfa stone row
- Ring Cairn South of Twyn Blaennant
- Cwm Glo Chapel
- Platform Houses on East Side of Gelligaer Common
- Cyfarthfa Tramroad Section at Heolgerrig
- Rhaslas Pond South Dam
- Coed Cae Round Cairns
- Tai Mawr Leat for Cyfarthfa Iron Works
- Deserted Iron Mining Village, Ffos-y-fran
- Tir Lan round barrow cemetery
- Rhymney Upper Furnace
- Cae Burdydd Castle
- Clo Cadno platform cairn
- Morlais Castle
- Carn Pentyle-Hir & Adjacent Round Cairn
- Waun y Gwair Cairn
- Merthyr Tramroad Tunnel (Trevithick's Tunnel)
- Carreg Wen Fawr y Rugos cairn cemetery
- Nant Morlais Hafod
- Two Round Cairns at Onllwyn
- Llwyn-on Farmstead
- Lower Neuadd Standing Stone
- Carn Caws round cairn
- Cwm Glo pit and ironstone tip
- Three Platform Houses on Cefn Brithdir
- Dyke 387m E of Clawdd Trawscae Farm
- Penmoelallt Round Barrows
- Carn Caws, round cairn to N of
- Pen Bwlych Glascwm Pillow Mounds
- Cwm Criban Prehistoric Settlement
- Cwmdu Air Shaft & Fan
- Gelligaer Common Roman Road
- Cefn Cil-Sanws ring cairn
- Sarn Howell Pond and Watercourses
- Pant Serthfa round cairn
- Cwm Pit and head of railway
- Platform Houses and Cairn Cemetery on Dinas Noddfa
- Brynbychan Round Cairn
- Hut Circles & Enclosures on Buarth Maen
- Cyfarthfa balance pond and leat
- Cairn 270m N of Pont Ffosyrhebog
- Ponsticill Inscribed Stone
- Fforest Gwladys Roman practice camp
- Carn y Bugail and Carn Felen
- Pillow Mound at Bryn y Gwyddel
- Graig-y-Gilfach round cairn and earthwork
- Y Gaer, Dol-y-Gaer
- Abercanaid haystack boiler
- Iron Canal Bridge from Rhydycar
- Cefn Merthyr Round Cairns
- Platform Houses on Coly Uchaf
- Darren Fawr Round Cairns
- Garn Fawr round cairn
- Black Pins early ironstone workings
- Tramroad East of Robert's Town Bridge, Aberdare
