Cyfarthfa Castle - west through the trees

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 remembered as a symbol of the industrial wealth of Merthyr Tydfil during the Iron Age of the 18th and 19th centuries.