15. There are lots of stories and legends about Vaynor, one is that the church tower was often used as a temporary prison and that a thief sleeping overnight there discovered hundreds of skulls. In the churchyard is the grave of Robert Thompson Crawshay known as the 'Iron King'.

16. The 'Ironmaster' William Crawshay commissioned Cyfarthfa Castle in 1824. Set in 160 acres of parkland, it has been called 'the most impressive monument of the Industrial Iron Age in South Wales'

17. This fountain is situated in front of Cyfarthfa Castle, surrounded by flower beds, and at the top of sloping front lawns which lead down to the lake below.

18. Pontycafnau Bridge was the first iron railway bridge (1793) to be built on the line of the Penydarren Tramroad – the famous rout of the first steam-hauled railway journey in the world by Trevithick in 1804.

19. The first train travelled over Pontsarn Viaduct in 1868 on the Brecon and Merthyr railway line. The line now carries the route of the Taf Trail long distance footpath and cycle way from Cardiff to Brecon.

20. The Dowlais Stables were built in 1820 to house 200 horses used in the nearby Dowlais Ironworks. Later, the first school in Dowlais was held on the first floor. The stables are now converted to residential use.

21. Joseph Parry's Cottage is the birthplace of Dr. Joseph Parry, probably Wales’ best known musician and composer. A superb example of a skilled ironworkers cottage, the ground floor has been carefully restored and furnished to give a glimpse into life in the 1840’s. The first floor houses a Joseph Parry exhibition. In front of the cottage there is a small restored section of the Glamorganshire Canal which linked the ironworks of Merthyr Tydfil to the docks of Cardiff.