Twynau-gwynion Quarries
Twynau-gwynion Quarries is a quarry in Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Twynau-gwynion Quarries is situated nearby to Tyle Haidd Quarry, as well as near the village Pontsticill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pant railway station and Pontsticill railway station.
Pant railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pant railway station was a station which served Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, in the historic Welsh county of Glamorgan, now Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. It was the junction at which the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Railway line from Pontsticill in the North split to serve the Dowlais Central and Dowlais Top lines. Pant railway station is situated 3,600 feet southwest of Twynau-gwynion Quarries.
Pontsticill railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pontsticill railway station is an intermediate station on the Brecon Mountain Railway at Pontsticill, in the historic Welsh county of Brecknockshire, now Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. Pontsticill railway station is situated 1 mile north of Twynau-gwynion Quarries.
Morlais Castle
Ruins
Photo: Gibbinskaren, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Morlais Castle is a 13th-century castle located above the Taff Gorge near the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. Morlais Castle is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Twynau-gwynion Quarries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pontsticill and Pant.
Pontsticill
Village
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pontsticill is a village within the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. It lies within the valley of the Taf Fechan on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Pant
Village
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pant is a village and community on the outskirts of Merthyr Tydfil, a large former mining town in the South Wales Valleys, Wales. Pant is notable for being the starting point of the Brecon Mountain Railway, and the site of the former Morlais railway tunnel, which runs underneath the village and emerges in the middle of it.
Dowlais
Suburb
Photo: Varitek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dowlais is a village and community of the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, in Wales. The name is derived from the Welsh du meaning 'black' and glais meaning 'stream'. Dowlais is situated 1½ miles south of Twynau-gwynion Quarries.
Twynau-gwynion Quarries
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.78644° or 51° 47′ 11″ northLongitude
-3.3564° or 3° 21′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C3RQJPV+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1449445852OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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