Encyclopedia > Afan

  Article Content

Afan

A minor river of South Wales, whose valley formed the territory of the medieval Lords of Afan. The town of Aberafan grew up on the banks of the river, and was later subsumed by the larger centre of population known as Port Talbot.

A motte and bailey castle stood on the banks of the river during the medieval period. No remains are now visible above ground, but the site of the castle is commemorated in local street names.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
1904

... nutritionist, writer (+ 1974) February 29 - Jimmy Dorsey, bandleader (+ 1957) March 1 - Glenn Miller, bandleader (+ 1944) March 2 - Dr. Seuss, author (+ ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 26.6 ms