Crickhowell
Crickhowell is a Town in the county of Powys.
Crickhowell postcode: NP8 1BJ
There are great places to visit near Crickhowell including some great waterfalls, mountains, caves and ancient sites.
Crickhowell's best nearby waterfalls can be found at Sgwd Yr Eira, Dan Yr Ogof Waterfalls, Sgwd Isaf Clun Gwyn, and Sgwd Y Pannwr.
Don't miss Corn Du, and Pen y Fan's mountains if visiting the area around Crickhowell.
There are a several good caves in the area around Crickhowell like Dan Yr Ogof.
Places near Crickhowell feature a number of interesting ancient sites including Maen Llia Standing Stone.
Crickhowell History
There are some historic monuments around Crickhowell:
- Cefn Moel Round Barrows
- Pen Gloch-y-pibwr, platform cairn on S end of
- Porth Mawr
- Ironstone Quarries at Carreg Maen Taro
- Y Cwrt Deserted Rural Settlement
- Bwlch Enclosure
- Blaenavon Upper Brick Yard
- Clydach Ironworks (remains) and Smart's Bridge
- Bipartite enclosure 1km SSE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw
- Gilwern Embankment
- Hen Castell
- Coed Cefn hillfort
- Graig Ddu round cairn
- Twr Pen-cyrn round cairns
- Pwll Du Limestone Quarry & Water Balance Lift
- Waun Cyrn round cairn
- Llangynidr Deserted Medieval Village (part of)
- Ffynnon Las Bronze Age Ritual Complex
- Churchyard Cross, St Issau's Church
- Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon
- Pwll Du Tramroad Tunnel Northern Entrances & Site of Lower Rank
- Standing Stone North of Tretower
- Roman Fort at Pen y Gaer
- Coed y Gaer
- Cefn Moel Round Cairn and Ritual Platform
- Garn Coch
- Tretower Castle
- Disgwylfa Tramroads
- Cwm Beusych Deserted Rural Settlement
- Mynydd Pen-cyrn round cairn
- The Graig Settlement
- Kidney-shaped enclosure 1km SE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw
- Clydach Railroad Section near Brynmawr
- Maes-Celyn Castle Mound
- Blorenge Quarries Tramroad
- Defended Enclosure 350m NNW of Ty-Uchaf
- Cwm Fforest Long Barrow
- Llangattock Tramroad Inclines
- Blorenge Tunnel, Hill's Tramroad
- Garnddyrys Ironworks (Site of) and adjacent Tramway
- Pen Trumau Round Cairns
- Cwm Bwchel round cairn
- Bwlch Round Cairn
- Mynydd Llangorse Cairn
- Pen Tir, cairn on S end of
- Carn-y-Defaid Round Cairns
- Penmyarth Standing Stone
- Mynydd Llangattock round cairn
- Blaenavon Ironworks
- Standing Stone N of Golden Grove
- Ffynnon Las Round Cairn I
- Coity Sandstone Quarry and Incline
- Battle Tump
- Capel Newydd, Blaenavon (site of)
- Maen Llwyd standing stone
- Nant yr Ychen round cairn
- Limekiln and Quarries at Craig-yr-Hafod
- Pen Cerrig-calch, cairn on NW side of
- Dyne Steel Incline
- Ffawyddog Gaer
- Tramroad Bridge, Bailey's Tramroad, Govilon
- Blaen y Cwm Uchaf Cairn Cemetery
- Cefn Moel Round Houses
- Coed Pentwyn Hillfort
- Iron and coal patching at Pen-ffordd-goch, Blaenafon
- Enclosure West of Sorgwm
- Pen Gloch-y-pibwr, cairn on W side of
- Pen Tir Ring Cairn and Ritual Platform
- Carreg Waun Llech Prehistoric Standing Stone
- Iron Furnace SW of Clydach
- Coal and Iron Ore Workings West of Abergavenny Road, Blaenavon
- Mynydd Pen-y-fal round cairns
- Myarth Camp
- Mynydd Llangorse, cairn on S end of
- Llanwenarth Churchyard Cross-Base
- Cairn on the Blorenge
- Enclosure on Cockit Hill
- Darren ring cairn
- Pen Cerrig-calch, cairn on S side of
- Crickhowell Bridge
- Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline
- Pwll Du Tramroad Tunnel Southern Approach
- Llwyn y Brain Deserted Rural Settlement
- Two platform buildings on eastern side of Partrishow Hill
- Inscribed Stone in Church
- Cefn Moel Round Cairn III
- Ty-Isaf Long Barrow
- Pen y Gadair Fawr platform cairn
- Engine Pit, Blaenavon
- Gwernvale chambered cairn
- Mynydd Troed Long Barrow
- Twyn Disgwylfa platform cairn
- Pen Allt-mawr platform cairn
- Crickhowell Castle
- Clydach Coal Level
- Great Oak Road standing stone
- Aaron Brute's Level and Iron Bridge
- Pen-y-gaer Roman Vicus, Cwmdu
- Garn Road Powder House 300m ENE of Ashgrove Bungalow
- Maes Clythan Wood cairn
- Tretower Barn
- Mynydd Troed, round cairn on S end of
- Llwyn-y-Fedwen Standing Stone
- Hill's Tramroad Inclines, Llanfoist
- Tretower Court
- Tretower Shrunken Medieval Settlement
- Cwrt-y-Gollen Standing Stone
- Disgwylfa round cairn
- Crug Hywel Camp
