Cwm-Hwnt is a tiny

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

to the west of

Rhigos Rhigos () is a village and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The village is located on the saddle of higher ground between the Vale of Neath and the Cynon Valley. It was part of Neath Rural District, in the county of Glamorgan, until 1974. ...

and south of

Cefn Rhigos Cefn Rhigos (English: '(the) ridge (at) Rhigos') is a hamlet (place), hamlet to the west of the village of Rhigos, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Despite being from the town centre, it is within the Aberdare postal district. It is the most westerly n ...

in the

Cynon Valley Cynon Valley () is a former coal mining valley in Wales. It lies between Rhondda and the Merthyr Valley and takes its name from the River Cynon. Aberdare is located in the north of the valley and Mountain Ash in the south. From 1974 to 19 ...

, one of the

South Wales Valleys The South Wales Valleys () are a group of industrialised peri-urban valleys in South Wales. Most of the valleys run northsouth, roughly parallel to each other. Commonly referred to as "The Valleys" (), they stretch from Carmarthenshire in the ...

. In English the name means "Valley Beyond". The post town is

Aberdare Aberdare ( ; ) is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare (Dâr) and River Cynon, Cynon. Aberdare has a population of 39,550 (mid-2017 estimate). Aberdare is south-west of Merthyr Tydf ...

and Cwm-Hwnt, at a distance of about , is the most distant settlement from the town. There was previously a through road to the geographically neighbouring villages of

Cwmgwrach Blaengwrach ( , ) is a community near Glynneath and Resolven in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It is also the name of an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, which is a larger area than the Community. The princip ...

and

Blaengwrach Blaengwrach ( , ) is a community near Glynneath and Resolven in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It is also the name of an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, which is a larger area than the Community. The prin ...

, in the Vale of Neath, which was referred to as the "Parish Road". But this road was closed in the late '90s as a result of the Sellar

Opencast mine Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique that extracts rock or minerals from the earth. Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially useful ore or ro ...

being dug, and the only routes to these villages are now via

and the main roads through

Glynneath Glynneath ( ; also spelt ''Glyn-neath'' and ''Glyn Neath'') is a town, community and electoral ward lying on the River Neath in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It was formerly in the historic county of Glamorgan. Glynneath ward ...

. "The Plough" public house is no longer in use.

References

External links

www.geograph.co.uk Photographs of Cwm-Hwnt and the surrounding area
at geograph.org.uk Villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf {{Rhondda-Cynon-Taff-geo-stub