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Merthyr Common

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Merthyr Common tops out at 531 m in Merthyr Tydfil. It is the highest point of Merthyr Tydfil. For more of the same, Pen March and Cefn yr Ystrad are close by. The nearest railway station is Rhymney, 4.7 km to the south-east.

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