Pontardawe
Pontardawe is a Town in the county of Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot).
Pontardawe postcode: SA8 4HD
There are great places to visit near Pontardawe.
Pontardawe History
There are some historic monuments around Pontardawe:
- White Rock Copper Works
- Canal Aqueduct over the River Twrch, Ystalyfera
- Cairn on Mynydd-March-Hywel
- Penlle'r Castell
- Scott's Pit Engine House & Traces of Ancillary Buildings
- Dorwen standing stone
- Foel Fynyddau Round Cairn
- Neath Roman Site
- Waun-hir post-medieval lluest farmstead
- Bancbryn platform cairn
- Carn Llechart Stone Circle
- Cae Castell (Rhyndwyclydach Medieval Earthwork)
- Burial Chamber at Pen-yr-Alltwen
- Neath Abbey Ironworks
- Neath Abbey & Gatehouse
- Llwyncwmstabl round cairn
- Bancbryn cairn cemetery
- Crimea Colliery & Canal Quay
- Earthwork on Kilvey Hill
- Waun y Coed Colliery Branch Canal and Tramroad Incline
- Gelli-Bwch Round Cairn
- Neath Castle
- House Platforms West of Dyffryn Wood
- Bancbryn cairn cemetery [east]
- Mynydd y Garth Cairn
- Townshend's Great Leat & Waggonway
- Bon y Maen Standing Stone
- Lorfa stone circle
- Ring Cairn on Tor Clawdd
- Deserted Rural Settlement North of Foel Fynyddau
- Cefn Morfydd Dyke & Earthwork
- Mynydd y Gaer (Lower) Camp
- Neath Abbey Ironworks Dam
- Mynydd March Hywel Round Cairn
- Remains of Lock and Dry Dock at Pantyffynnon
- Court Herbert Cross & Grave Slab
- Bodyst-uchaf ring cairn
- Glyncorrwg Mineral Railway (Parsons Folly) Section on Cefn Morfudd
- Morris Castle
- Three Round Cairns on Mynydd Drumau
- Standing Stones 300m W of Cefncelfi
- Aberdulais Aqueduct
- Canal Boat at Aberdulais Basin
- Briton Ferry Dock Entrance
- Craig Ty-Isaf Camp
- Llandarcy Round Cairn
- St Margaret's Chapel
- Gwernllwynchwyth Engine House
- Buarth y Gaer, Mynydd y Gaer
- Morfa Bridge and Quays
- Cwmafan copper works flue
- Cilybebyll Auxiliary Unit Operational Base
- Hafod Copper Works Musgrave Engine and Rolls
- Clydach Upper Forge
- Two Platform Houses 1600m SE of Blaen-Nant Farm
- Carreg Bica Standing Stone
- Ynysmaerdy Railway Incline
- Landore New Quay
- Foxhole River Staithes
- Bancbryn post-medieval lluest farmstead
- Round Cairns 430m North West of Henrhyd
- Round Cairn with Cist on Mynydd Drumau
- Tinplate works at Aberdulais Falls
- Burial Chamber Nr Carn Llechart
- Carreg Hir Standing Stone, Pen-Rhiw-Tyn
- Tramroad at Ystradgynlais
- Tennant Canal: Skewen Cutting and tramroad bridge
History of Pontardawe
The Anglican church of St Peter, financed by William Parsons, was completed in 1862. The church has unusual French-style architecture, and is still today one of the main features of the town.
