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Two old cannons outside Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps they guarded no gate but stood as warnings to men who believed strength needed proof. Maybe children once climbed their barrels while adults looked away, certain danger was only a story told twice. Imagine the metal still warm from a hand that stopped reaching.

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

Cyfarthfa Castle, near Merthyr Tydfil, 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. The castle is historically significant as the home of the industrialist family who played a key role in the development of the iron industry in South Wales.