Castles and forts in Merthyr Tydfil

The Discover Alone map has 47 castles and forts in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Below are the 47 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.

• Woodland walk at Cyfarthfa CastleCastle, fort or towerWoodland walk at Cyfarthfa Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps the trees still remember…
• Water Tower at PontsticillCastle, fort or towerWater Tower at Pontsticill is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a quiet watchtower…
• Valve tower of Pontsticill ReservoirCastle, fort or towerValve tower of Pontsticill Reservoir is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps it stood guard over…
• Valve Tower, Llwyn-on ReservoirCastle, fort or towerValve Tower, Llwyn-on Reservoir is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps water flowed through its…
• Valve tower, bridge and outflow, Pontsticill ReservoirCastle, fort or towerValve tower, bridge and outflow, Pontsticill Reservoir is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps the…
• Valve tower and spillway, Pontsticill ReservoirCastle, fort or towerValve tower and spillway, Pontsticill Reservoir is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps water…
• Valve tower and access bridge, Pontsticill ReservoirCastle, fort or towerValve tower and access bridge, Pontsticill Reservoir is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps the…
• Valve towerCastle, fort or towerValve tower is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a watchful sentinel over the…
• Two old cannons outside Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr TydfilCastle, fort or towerTwo old cannons outside Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps…
• Treharris Fire Station and training towerCastle, fort or towerTreharris Fire Station and training tower is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps the training…
• Training and drill tower, Merthyr Tydfil Fire StationCastle, fort or towerTraining and drill tower, Merthyr Tydfil Fire Station is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps fire…
• Tower in the SW corner of Pontiscill ReservoirCastle, fort or towerTower in the SW corner of Pontiscill Reservoir is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps it watched…
• The valve tower and overflow weir at Pontsticill ReservoirCastle, fort or towerThe valve tower and overflow weir at Pontsticill Reservoir is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps…
• Stream off hillside west of Cyfarthfa CastleCastle, fort or towerStream off hillside west of Cyfarthfa Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps water still…
• Spring blossom at Cyfarthfa CastleCastle, fort or towerSpring blossom at Cyfarthfa Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps the blossoms still…
• Southwest corner of Grade I listed Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr TydfilCastle, fort or towerSouthwest corner of Grade I listed Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil…
• School Fishing Competition, Cyfarthfa Castle Lake - Merthyr TydfilCastle, fort or towerSchool Fishing Competition, Cyfarthfa Castle Lake - Merthyr Tydfil is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.…
• Recreated blacksmith's forge in Cyfarthfa Castle MuseumCastle, fort or towerRecreated blacksmith's forge in Cyfarthfa Castle Museum is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps…
• Pontsticill Reservoir water tower and outflowCastle, fort or towerPontsticill Reservoir water tower and outflow is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps the tower…
• Pontsticill Reservoir valve tower and spillwayCastle, fort or towerPontsticill Reservoir valve tower and spillway is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps water still…
• Pontsticill Reservoir valve towerCastle, fort or towerPontsticill Reservoir valve tower is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps the valve tower stood…
• Pontsticill Reservoir towerCastle, fort or towerPontsticill Reservoir tower is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps it watched the water line rise…
• Pontsticill Reservoir spillway and towerCastle, fort or towerPontsticill Reservoir spillway and tower is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps the tower watched…
• Pontsticill Reservoir - Intake towerCastle, fort or towerPontsticill Reservoir - Intake tower is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps water climbed inside…
• Morlais CastleRuinsMorlais Castle rose on a limestone hill above the Taf Fechan around 1288 when Gilbert II de Clare provoked Humphrey de…
• Inside part of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum, MerthyrCastle, fort or towerInside part of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum, Merthyr is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps its rooms…
• Grade I listed Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr TydfilCastle, fort or towerGrade I listed Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps its stones…
• Goat head statues on the east side of Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr TydfilCastle, fort or towerGoat head statues on the east side of Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil…
• Derelict Morlais Castle Inn, Merthyr TydfilCastle, fort or towerDerelict Morlais Castle Inn, Merthyr Tydfil is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a…
• Dam and valve tower at the Llwyn-onn ReservoirCastle, fort or towerDam and valve tower at the Llwyn-onn Reservoir is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps the valve…
• Dam and valve tower at PontsticillCastle, fort or towerDam and valve tower at Pontsticill is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps water pressed against…
• Cyfarthfa Castle - westCastle, fort or towerCyfarthfa Castle - west is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps its west face caught the first…
• Cyfarthfa Castle Miniature RailwayCastle, fort or towerCyfarthfa Castle Miniature Railway is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps children once raced…
• Cyfarthfa Castle LakeCastle, fort or towerCyfarthfa Castle Lake is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps the lake formed when castle works…
• Cyfarthfa Castle, from the south-eastCastle, fort or towerCyfarthfa Castle, from the south-east is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps its stones still…
• Cyfarthfa CastleCastle, fort or towerCyfarthfa Castle is a castellated mansion built in 1824 for the Crawshay ironmasters, featuring fifteen towers and…
• Colourful Cyfarthfa Castle MuseumCastle, fort or towerColourful Cyfarthfa Castle Museum is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps its walls still hold the…
• Clock tower, Kevin Ryan Court, Merthyr TydfilCastle, fort or towerClock tower, Kevin Ryan Court, Merthyr Tydfil is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps its height…
• Castle Inn, Cefn-coed-y-cymmerCastle, fort or towerCastle Inn, Cefn-coed-y-cymmer is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a watchtower…
• Castle Hotel, Merthyr TydfilCastle, fort or towerCastle Hotel stands in the heart of Merthyr Tydfil with forty-five uniquely styled bedrooms, two large conference…
• A ripple of ducklings, Cyfarthfa Castle Lake - Merthyr TydfilCastle, fort or towerA ripple of ducklings, Cyfarthfa Castle Lake - Merthyr Tydfil is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.…
• Cyfarthfa Castle Lake - Merthyr TydfilCastle, fort or towerCyfarthfa Castle Lake - Merthyr Tydfil is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps water filled the…
• Castell Cyfarthfa CastleCastle, fort or towerCastell Cyfarthfa Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps its stones still hold the heat of…
• Anemometer tower on Mynydd Gilfach Yr EncilCastle, fort or towerAnemometer tower on Mynydd Gilfach Yr Encil is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps it measured…
• The bandstand at Cyfarthfa CastleCastle, fort or towerThe bandstand at Cyfarthfa Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps musicians played there…
• Cyfarthfa Castle - west through the treesCastle, fort or towerCyfarthfa Castle - west through the trees is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a…
• Morlais Castle, Pant, Merthyr TydfilCastleMorlais Castle in Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, belongs to the Medieval and Iron Age periods, marking a rare continuation of…

Other kinds of place in Merthyr Tydfil

• Archaeology and monuments
• Historic places
• Things to do
• Viewpoints and information
• Memorials and graveyards
• Woods, forests and old trees
• Mountains and hills
• Waterfalls, wells and springs