Rhas las pond and the village of Fochriw

Rhas Las pond situated at the top of the Merthyr and Gelligaer common in the Darran Valley is a 200 year old Reservoir that used to be part of the Dowlais free drainage system. The south dam of the pond is listed as a scheduled ancient monument.
To the south of the pond lies the village of Fochriw. population of approx 1500.

[@Marina-xy4hr]

Love my village

[@j.edwardhurley]

Beautiful area!

[@DarrenValleyFromAbove-op5eb]

And I get to live in It ❤

[@mach318]

Wow very beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

[@DarrenValleyFromAbove-op5eb]

And I get to live here. The village you see is where I live 😁

[@Fly.001]

Cracking footage bud.

[@DarrenValleyFromAbove-op5eb]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@alanpihancox7701]

Is the bent iron bridge by here?

[@DarrenValleyFromAbove-op5eb]

The bent iron monument is a few hundred metres to the east of Rhas Las pond. On the edge of the ridge looking over Rhymmey.
It's on my list of targets to film at some point

[@DarrenValleyFromAbove-op5eb]

Footage of the bent iron now posted on the channel