What is recorded here
Castell Cyfarthfa Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps its stones still hold the heat of hammers striking steel. Maybe the mountain itself became a forge for human will. Imagine men bending fire into tools that shaped the world.
A named place photographed at this map point in Merthyr Tydfil.
Built by the Morgan family in the early 19th century, Castell Cyfarthfa Castle is remembered for its historical association with the industrialist William Crawshay II and its role in the expansion of the iron industry in the Merthyr Tydfil area during the Industrial Revolution.
Places near here
Cyfarthfa Castle Walls and RailingsRecorded historic place · 12 yd
Cyfarthfa Castle - west through the treesCastle, fort or tower · 33 yd
Grade I listed Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr TydfilCastle, fort or tower · 54 yd
Fountain in Cyfarthfa Park, Merthyr TydfilHeritage place · 54 yd
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art GalleryMuseum · 87 yd
Steps up to a stone platform in Cyfarthfa Park, Merthyr TydfilStanding or carved stone · 98 yd
Trees in Cyfarthfa Park Lake, Merthyr TydfilHeritage place · 155 yd
Multilingual welcome, Cyfarthfa Park and Museum, Merthyr TydfilHeritage place · 230 yd
Clock Tower, Pandy FarmClock Tower · 279 yd
War Memorial, Cefn Coed y CymmerHeritage place · 902 yd
Vaynor and Cefn Coed War MemorialMemorial · 909 yd
Woodland Garage, Cefn-coed-y-cymmerForest or wood · 1279 ydOther information
Photo: Alan Richards · CC BY-SA 2.0