What is recorded here

Goat head statues on the east side of Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps the stones watched workers leave the forge halls at dusk. Maybe the goats reminded everyone that even rigid walls must bend before a storm. Imagine a keeper feeding them carrots while iron smoke still hung in the valley air.

A named place photographed at this map point in Merthyr Tydfil.

Cyfarthfa Castle, in Merthyr Tydfil, was built in the late 18th century by William Williams, a prominent ironmaster, and later expanded by his son, John Williams, in the early 19th century. The castle is remembered as a symbol of the industrial wealth of the Iron Age in South Wales and for its association with the Williams family, who were key figures in the development of the local iron industry.