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Dinas Rock & Gunpowder Works

Two walks start near this spectacular quarried limestone cliff formed on the Neath Disturbance at the head of the Vale of Neath.

OS grid ref SN 912079 (car park) to SN 920086

The shorter walk runs beside the Sychryd to a view of the Bwa Maen - a tight geological fold which earns the name of the 'bow or arch rock'.  The longer walk explores the former gunpowder works strung out along the north bank of the Afon Mellte.

Geology

    • Carboniferous: Limestone, Basal Grit

Maps

    • OS Landranger 160, Explorer map OL12
    • Geological - BGS 1:50,000 sheet: 231 ‘Merthyr Tydfil’

Guides

    • 'The Old Gunpowder Factory at Glynneath'

Facilities

    • cafe in community hall at weekends
    • interpretive audio trail
    • car parking at SN 912079
    • Entry: free

Accessibility

    • flat; barrier free

Transport links

    • By car – beyond the end of the B4242
    • By train - nearest stations at Neath and Merthyr Tydfil
    • By bus -
    • by bike -

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