Editing Risca (section)

==Notable landmarks and buildings==
Twmbarlwm has the remains of an [[Iron Age]] [[hill fort]] near its summit,<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales''. John Davies, [[Nigel Jenkins]], Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg761 {{ISBN|978-0-7083-1953-6}}</ref> and this is believed to have been built by the [[Silures]], the [[Celt]]ic tribe that inhabited the area before and during [[Roman Britain|Roman]] times.

The [[Welsh Oak (pub)|Welsh Oak]], a [[pub]] on the outskirts of [[Pontymister]], was the meeting place for the [[Chartists]] before they marched on [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] during the [[Newport Rising]] of 1839.

The local [[Church in Wales]] [[Church (building)|church]] is dedicated to [[Mary (Mother of Jesus)|St. Mary]] the Virgin [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/351908]. The [[St Mary and St Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church]] in St Mary Street is a grade II listed building <ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-22519-church-of-st-mary-and-st-mercurius-risca British listed buildings]</ref> and is the first [[Coptic Orthodox Church in Wales]]. It was a former [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)|Wesleyan Methodist]] church, founded in 1837, rebuilt on the same site in 1852 and was dedicated to St John. The architect is unknown. The church was designed to seat 600 people. It was later known as "Trinity Methodist Church".<ref>Jones, A. V. (1977) '' Risca, its Industrial and Social Development''</ref>

The park 'Tredegar Grounds' was donated to the people of Risca in 1897 by [[Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar]], to commemorate [[Queen Victoria|Queen Victoria’s]] [[Diamond Jubilee]] and in return the 'Jubilee' statue was erected by public subscription 'in recognition of Lord Tredegar's generosity to the neighbourhood.' A small bronze statuette of [[Samson]], a bearded figure dressed in a loincloth, stands on a circular stone plinth on a square stepped base. [[File:Looking across the park to the shops, Risca (geograph 3543029).jpg|thumb|A view through Tredegar Park towards the main street of Risca]]

[[Risca and Pontymister railway station]] is served by trains between {{stnlink|Ebbw Vale Town}} and either {{stnlink|Cardiff Central}} or {{stnlink|Newport}}. The [[Monmouthshire and Brecon canal|Monmouthshire Canal]] passes through the town.<ref>https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/351898 Picture of the station</ref>