What is recorded here
Colourful Cyfarthfa Castle Museum is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps its walls still hold the heat of hands that built them, while maybe its rooms echo with laughter from children who chased shadows through stone corridors. Imagine standing inside at dusk, when the colourful name becomes literal as light strikes ancient surfaces and reveals patterns never seen before.
A named place photographed at this map point in Merthyr Tydfil.
Cyfarthfa Castle was built in the late 18th century by William Williams, a prominent ironmaster, and later expanded by his son, Richard Williams, in the early 19th century. It is important as a historic site reflecting the industrial and cultural heritage of Merthyr Tydfil during the Welsh iron industry's peak.
Places near here
Cyfarthfa CastleCastle, fort or tower · 1 yd
Cyfarthfa Castle, from the south-eastCastle, fort or tower · 11 yd
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art GalleryMuseum · 41 yd
Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr TydfilRecorded historic place · 45 yd
Fountain in Cyfarthfa Park, Merthyr TydfilHeritage place · 62 yd
Steps up to a stone platform in Cyfarthfa Park, Merthyr TydfilStanding or carved stone · 183 yd
Trees in Cyfarthfa Park Lake, Merthyr TydfilHeritage place · 234 yd
Multilingual welcome, Cyfarthfa Park and Museum, Merthyr TydfilHeritage place · 264 yd
Clock Tower, Pandy FarmClock Tower · 321 yd
War Memorial, Cefn Coed y CymmerHeritage place · 967 yd
Vaynor and Cefn Coed War MemorialMemorial · 973 yd
Woodland Garage, Cefn-coed-y-cymmerForest or wood · 1348 ydOther information
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell · CC BY-SA 2.0