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:
- Mynydd Maendy Hillfort
- Tarren Deusant Sculptured Rock & Spring
- Carn-y-Pigwn Round Cairn
- Darren Fawr Round Cairns
- St Peter's Church, Remains of
- Twyn y Bridallt Roman Camp
- Tarren Maerdy cairn (W)
- Tramroad East of Robert's Town Bridge, Aberdare
- Ventilation Furnace, Trehafod
- Hetty Pit
- Coity Burial Chamber
- Mynydd Ton Cairns
- Gadlys Ironworks (Remains of Blast Furnace)
- Tarren y Bwlch round cairn
- Mynydd Ty'n-tyle cairns
- Craig y Bwlch round cairn
- Carn-y-Wiwer Cairnfield & Platform Houses
- Lle'r Gaer
- Ring Cairn 350m W of Penrhiw Caradoc, Llanwonno
- Llantrisant Castle
- Earthwork at Pant-y-Pyllau, Coity Higher
- Garn Bica
- Bwlch y Clawdd Dyke
- Camp at Cwm Llwyd
- Rhondda Fach Cairn
- Remains of Iron Furnace at Cwmaman
- Mynydd y Gaer
- Rhos-Gwawr cairn cemetery
- Tarren Maerdy cairn (E)
- Carn Castell y Meibion ring cairn
- Iron Tram Bridge, Robertstown
- Incline Haulage Systems, Cefn Ynysfeio, Treherbert
- Mynydd y Gelli kerb cairn
- The Beacons Round Barrows
- Graig-y-Gilfach round cairn and earthwork
- Castell Nos
- Mynydd Maendy Round Cairn
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”.
