Mynydd Maendy

Mynydd Maendy (translation: Maindy Mountain) is a hilltop and moorland, near Gilfach Goch, in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in south Wales, to the southwest of Tonyrefail.

[1] Mynydd Maendy is located about one mile west of the small, former coal mining village of Gilfach Goch in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, near the larger community of Tonyrefail.

On a clear day the large turbines of the wind farm can be seen from over 20 miles (32 km) away, and have raised environmental concerns.

[4] The hillfort is a fortified hill top settlement and features on the Register of Landscapes of Special Historic Interest in Wales.

[5][6] It has been described as "the largest undefended Iron Age/Romano-British (800BC-AD410) settlement in southeast Wales", and would have been a place to which the tribe could retreat in times of danger.