Pen-rhiw-Ifor

Pen-rhiw-Ifor is a hill in Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales and has an elevation of 1,647 feet. Pen-rhiw-Ifor is situated nearby to the locality Pwll Du, as well as near the village Garn-yr-erw.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Keeper’s Pond and Blaenavon Ironworks.

Keeper’s Pond

Lake

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Keeper’s Pond is a lake.

Blaenavon Ironworks

Museum

Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blaenavon Ironworks is a former industrial site which is now a museum in Blaenavon, Wales. The ironworks was of crucial importance in the development of the ability to use cheap, low quality, high sulphur iron ores worldwide.

Ogof Draenen

Cave

Ogof Draenen entrance is located at Pwll Du, north of Blaenavon, Monmouthshire. At 66 kilometres it is the longest cave system in Wales and the second longest in Great Britain behind the Three Counties System on the Cumbria/Lancashire/Yorkshire border.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pwll Du and Blaenavon.

Pwll Du

Locality

Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pwll Du was a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. It was declared a slum in 1960 and demolished in 1963. The main employment was provided by nearby limestone quarries and by the iron works in Blaenavon.

Blaenavon

Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blaenavon is a town in Torfaen, South Wales. The Blaenavon Industrial Landscape has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Clydach

Village

Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Clydach is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. Its nearest neighbours are the village of Gilwern and town of Abergavenny. Clydach is situated 2 miles northwest of Pen-rhiw-Ifor.

Pen-rhiw-Ifor

Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,647 feet
Category: landform
Location: Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.78957° or 51° 47′ 23″ north

Longitude

-3.09097° or 3° 5′ 28″ west

Elevation

1,647 feet (502 metres)

Open location code

9C3RQWQ5+RJ

GeoNames ID

12624723

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Localities in the Area

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