Nantyglo Round Towers

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Nantyglo Round Towers are located at Roundhouse Farm, Nantyglo, near Brynmawr in the borough of Blaenau Gwent in the South Wales Valleys. The two fortified towers were constructed in the early 19th century as places of retreat by the ironmaster Joseph Bailey, after a riot was caused by his brother's threat to cut wages. They are believed to some of the last privately built defensive fortifications in Britain. One of the towers remains intact today whilst the other is ruinous having been partly demolished to salvage scrap iron in the 1940s. ()

Coordinates: 51°47'7"N, 3°10'32"W

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Nearby attractions include: Big Pit National Coal Museum, Ogof y Daren Cilau, Clydach Gorge, Bedwellty House and Park.

3.1 miE
Museum, Historical place, Specialty museum
Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon
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3.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ogof y Daren Cilau, Brecon Beacons
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3 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature and wildlife, Park
Clydach Gorge, Brecon Beacons
78 min walk • The Clydach Gorge is a steep-sided valley in south-east Wales down which the River Clydach flows to the River Usk. It runs for 5.6 kilometres from the vicinity of Brynmawr in Blaenau Gwent eastwards and northeastwards to Gilwern in Monmouthshire.
3.2 miW
Park, History museum, Museum
Bedwellty House and Park, Tredegar
81 min walk • Bedwellty House is a Grade II-listed house and gardens in Tredegar, in the Sirhowy Valley in south-east Wales. It was built in the early 19th century on the site of an earlier building and subsequently enlarged into its present form by mid-century.
2.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Coity Mountain
75 min walk • Coity Mountain is a flat-topped mountain in the South Wales Valleys, between Blaenavon and Abertillery. The highest points of both Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent unitary authorities are at the summit of Coity Mountain.
2.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Caves of Aruba, Brecon Beacons
63 min walk • Of the several caves of Aruba, three Aruban caves are well known, seen in deep crevices on the windward face of the island. All three of the caves are located in the Arikok National Park. The most prominent are Guadirikiri Cave, the Fontein Cave and the Huliba Cave. Nocturnal bats nestle in all these caves.
3.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ogof Agen Allwedd, Brecon Beacons
83 min walk • Ogof Agen Allwedd or Agen Allwedd, is, at 32.5 kilometres, one of the longest cave systems in Wales, and the longest cave system on the Llangattock escarpment.
3 miNE
Bridge
Smart's Bridge, Brecon Beacons
78 min walk • Smart's Bridge, Llanelly, Monmouthshire, is a cast-iron bridge situated in Clydach Gorge. Constructed in 1824, it gave access to the Clydach Ironworks, the most significant industrial enterprise in the gorge.
2.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Ogof Craig a Ffynnon, Brecon Beacons
63 min walk • Ogof Craig a Ffynnon is a cave in Wales. The cave is about 7 km in length and is located at the base of a quarried rockface in the Clydach Gorge. Water flowing out of the cave is a resurgence of water draining off Llangatock Mountain above.
1.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Carn-y-cefn
29 min walk • Mynydd Carn-y-cefn is the name given to the broad ridge of high ground between the Ebbw Vale and the valley of the Ebbw Fach in the Valleys region of South Wales. It lies within the unitary area of Blaenau Gwent, formerly Monmouthshire.
2.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cefn Manmoel
70 min walk • Cefn Manmoel is the name given to the broad ridge of high ground between the Sirhowy Valley and Ebbw Vale in the Valleys region of South Wales. It straddles the boundary between the unitary areas of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent.