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