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Ar ben rhan uchaf y dref saif adfeilion melin wynt o’r 13eg ganrif. Twr wedi’i wneud o gerrig a elwir “Y Bili Wynt” gan bobl yr ardal ydyw. Nodir y twr ar fap o dde Cymru yn y flwyddyn 1729 fel melin wynt tref Llantrisant a ddinistriwyd mewn brwydr yn ystod yr Oesoedd Canol. Erbyn dechrau’r 19eg ganrif dim ond adfeilion oedd yno ond yn y flwyddyn 1893 adnewyddiwyd y safle i ddenu mwy o dwristiaid i’r ardal.
At the highest point of the town stands the remains of a 13th century windmill. It is a stone tower known locally as the “Billy Wynt”. The tower was already shown on a map of South Wales in 1729 as a windmill next to the town and was said to have been destroyed during a battle in the Middle Ages. By the early 19th century the tower was in ruins and in 1893 it was restored as an attraction for the town of Llantrisant. |