Mynydd Maen Common
Mynydd Maen Common is a heath in Pontymoile, Torfaen County Borough, Wales. Mynydd Maen Common is situated nearby to the forest Coed Gwern-Esgob, as well as near the reservoir Blaen Bran.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mynydd Twyn-glas and Twmbarlwm.
Mynydd Twyn-glas
Peak
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mynydd Twyn-glas is a sprawling 472-metre-high mountain extending into Caerphilly and Torfaen county boroughs in South Wales. It lies southwest of Pontypool, west of Cwmbran and east of Newbridge, and forms a rolling plateau, the margins of which are defined by steep slopes, many cloaked with conifer plantations.
Twmbarlwm
Peak
Photo: John Thorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twmbarlwm, also known as Twm Barlwm, Twyn Barlwm or locally known as "the Twmp", the Nipple or the Pimple because of the mound that lies at its summit, is a hill situated 2 km to the northeast of Risca in South Wales. Twmbarlwm is situated 2½ miles south of Mynydd Maen Common.
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre
Arts center
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre is located within a 19th-century Victorian manor house in Cwmbran and is the regional centre for the applied arts in south-east Wales. Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre is situated 2½ miles east of Mynydd Maen Common.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenmeadow and Thornhill.
Greenmeadow
Suburb
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greenmeadow is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire, southern Wales, United Kingdom. Not to be confused with Green Meadow Golf Club, which is on the other side of Cwmbran in Croesyceiliog.
Thornhill
Suburb
Thornhill is a large council estate on the western side of Cwmbran, Torfaen in Wales. It is adjacent to the suburbs of Greenmeadow and Upper Cwmbran and represents the most economically-improved area of Cwmbran and in the wider Torfaen area.
Fairwater
Suburb
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fairwater is a community and suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, in south east Wales, and was built by the Cwmbran Development Corporation between 1963 and 1966.
Mynydd Maen Common
- Type: Heath
- Location: Pontymoile, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.65829° or 51° 39′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.0757° or 3° 4′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C3RMW5F+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 285587841OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heath
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In Other Languages
“Mynydd Maen Common” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Comin Mynydd Maen”
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Highlights include Coed Gwern-Esgob and Blaen Bran.
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