Mynydd Maendy
From Wikishire
Mynydd Maendy is a hilltop and moorland, near Gilfach Goch, in Glamorgan, to the south-west of Tonyrefail. As with the Maindee district of Newport the name derives from the Welsh language maen dy meaning "stone house".
A wind farm[1] and an Iron Age Celtic hill fort are located on the summit. The large turbines of the wind farm can be seen from over 20 miles away on a clear day, and have raised environmental concerns.[1] The wind farm administrative centre is located in nearby Tonyrefail.
The hilllfort features on the Register of Landscapes of Special Historic Interest in Wales[2][3] and has been described as "the largest undefended Iron Age/Romano-British (800BC-AD410) settlement in southeast Wales."[4]
References
- Location map: 51°34’12"N, 3°28’12"W
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Simmons, Ian Gordon (1 November 2003). The Moorlands of England and Wales: An Environmental History 8000 Bc to Ad 2000. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 391–. ISBN 978-0-7486-1731-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=Sf4D677FBgcC&pg=PA391. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ↑ "Mynydd Maendy" at megalithic.co.uk
- ↑ "Mynydd Maendy hillfort" at ancientmonuments.info
- ↑ "Historic Landscape Characterisation The Rhondda: The Rhondda Historical Processes themes and background" at ggat.org.uk
