DYFRYN-CLYDACH, a hamlet, in the parish of CADOXTON-juxta-NEATH, hundred of NEATH, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, 11
mile (N. w.) from Neath, containing 936 inhabitants. This hamlet is intersected by the turnpike road from Neath to
Swansea, and is bounded by the little river Clydach, which falls into the Neath about half a mile lower down: it abounds
with iron and coal, and there are copper-works on an extensive scale, which afford employment to a considerable proportion
of the inhabitants. A rail-road proceeds south from the coal mines in the northern part of the hamlet, until it joins the
Neath river, crossing the Briton-Ferry canal, which is conveyed over the lower part of the Clydach stream. Within its
limits are the interesting ruins of Neath abbey, of which an account is given in the article on the parish of Cadoxton. On
Drymmeu, or Truman, mountain, which bounds it on the west, there are some intrenchments and a kistvaen, of which no
authentic particulars have been recorded. This hamlet separately maintains its own poor: the average annual expenditure
is £286. 14.