- Tonteg
Tonteg ( _cy. Ton-Teg) is a
village near thetown ofPontypridd in southWales , and is located 14 km (9 miles) north west ofCardiff .Tonteg sits on the west side of the
River Taff valley, at the top of a hill known locally as "Powerstation Hill". The hill gets its name from theUpper Boat power station which was situated at the bottom of the hill until it was demolished in 1972.Tonteg sits right next to the village of
Church Village and the boundaries between the two villages are blurred.The
Welsh Assembly Government are looking into the possibility of building abypass to relieve the traffic that travels through Tonteg and Church Village on its way toLlantrisant . [citeweb|title='WAG gives go ahead for Church Village bypass'|url=http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/03/12/wag-gives-go-ahead-for-church-village-bypass-91466-20612389/|accessdate=2008-05-05]The village has a fairly well preserved
12th century mottecastle with an intactmoat called Tomen-Y-Clawdd. ["The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales". John Davies,Nigel Jenkins , Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg507 ISBN 9780708319536]It used to have halts on two former rail lines that ran nearby -
Barry Railway andTaff Vale Railway .References
External links
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3435708 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Tonteg and surrounding area]
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