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