Tonypandy
Tonypandy is a Town in the county of Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot).
There are great places to visit near Tonypandy.
Tonypandy History
There are some historic monuments around Tonypandy:
- Incline Haulage Systems, Cefn Ynysfeio, Treherbert
- Rhos-Gwawr cairn cemetery
- Twyn y Bridallt Roman Camp
- Coity Burial Chamber
- Garn Bica
- Ring Cairn 350m W of Penrhiw Caradoc, Llanwonno
- Lle'r Gaer
- Mynydd Maendy Round Cairn
- Mynydd y Gaer
- Hetty Pit
- Tarren Deusant Sculptured Rock & Spring
- Darren Fawr Round Cairns
- Carn-y-Pigwn Round Cairn
- Gadlys Ironworks (Remains of Blast Furnace)
- Iron Tram Bridge, Robertstown
- Carn Castell y Meibion ring cairn
- Tarren Maerdy cairn (E)
- Mynydd y Gelli kerb cairn
- Earthwork at Pant-y-Pyllau, Coity Higher
- Craig y Bwlch round cairn
- Tarren y Bwlch round cairn
- The Beacons Round Barrows
- Llantrisant Castle
- Ventilation Furnace, Trehafod
- Bwlch y Clawdd Dyke
- Castell Nos
- Camp at Cwm Llwyd
- Carn-y-Wiwer Cairnfield & Platform Houses
- Mynydd Ton Cairns
- Mynydd Ty'n-tyle cairns
- Tramroad East of Robert's Town Bridge, Aberdare
- Rhondda Fach Cairn
- Mynydd Maendy Hillfort
- Tarren Maerdy cairn (W)
- St Peter's Church, Remains of
- Remains of Iron Furnace at Cwmaman
- Graig-y-Gilfach round cairn and earthwork
History of Tonypandy
The regional library service recounts that the name ‘Tonypandy’ means the meadow of the fulling mill which was established there in 1838. “E. D. Lewis in his work The Rhondda Valleys provides us with an outline history of the mill that once stood in Tonypandy, and from which the town took its name”.
