Treorchy
Treorchy is a Town in the county of Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Treorchy postcode: CF42 6RG
There are great places to visit near Treorchy.
Treorchy History
There are some historic monuments around Treorchy:
- Pillow Mound at Bryn y Gwyddel
- Bachgen Carreg Round Cairn
- Dinas Silica Mine
- Carn-y-Wiwer Cairnfield & Platform Houses
- Castell Nos
- Earthwork 360m NNE of Crug yr Avan
- Remains of Gamlyn Railway Viaduct
- Blaenrhondda settlement
- Gwersyll
- Cyfarthfa Tramroad Section at Heolgerrig
- Pebyll Ring Cairn
- Tarren Maerdy cairn (E)
- Tarren y Bwlch round cairn
- Garn Las Earthwork
- Craig y Bwlch round cairn
- Carn Pentyle-Hir & Adjacent Round Cairn
- Mynydd y Gelli kerb cairn
- Mynydd Caerau Round Cairns
- Bwlch y Clawdd Dyke
- Iron Tram Bridge, Robertstown
- Gadlys Ironworks (Remains of Blast Furnace)
- Graig-y-Gilfach round cairn and earthwork
- Garn Bica
- Bwlch yr Avan Dyke
- Tramroad East of Robert's Town Bridge, Aberdare
- Mynydd Maendy Hillfort
- Ffos Toncenglau cross ridge dyke
- Carn-y-Pigwn Round Cairn
- Mynydd Ty'n-tyle cairns
- Rhondda Fach Cairn
- Incline Haulage Systems, Cefn Ynysfeio, Treherbert
- Iron Ore Scours and Patch Workings at Winch Fawr, Merthyr Tydfil
- Twyn y Bridallt Roman Camp
- Plas-y-Betws relict garden
- Gelli-Isaf Tramroad Bridge, Abernant Tramroad
- Mynydd Ton Cairns
- Cairn Lwyd
- Foel Chwern Round Cairn
- Hut Circles & Enclosures on Buarth Maen
- Remains of Iron Furnace at Cwmaman
- Rhos-Gwawr cairn cemetery
- Tarren Maerdy cairn (W)
- Ring Cairn South of Twyn Blaennant
- Locomotive Type Steam Boiler, Blaen Rhondda
- Site of Hirwaun Ironworks
- Crug yr Afan Round Cairn
- Carn y Hyrddod & Neighbouring Cairn
- Mynydd Maendy Round Cairn
- Round Barrow on the Werfa
- Ring Cairn and Round Cairn on Southern Side of Mynydd-y-Glog
- Clawdd Mawr, Mynydd Caerau
History of Treorchy
Pre-industrial Rhondda community was Welsh-speaking, and the Welsh language continued to be widely spoken in the valley and in the upper villages of the Rhondda until the mid-twentieth century. The original migrants to the Rhondda were from rural Wales but later a higher proportion came from England. In 1901 64.4% of the population of the Rhondda Urban District were recorded as Welsh-speaking but this proportion fell to 56.6% by 1911.
