Craig-y-Nos Castle
Craig-y-nos Castle, is a Scots baronial-style country house near Glyntawe in Powys, Wales. Built on parkland beside the River Tawe in the upper Swansea Valley, it is located on the southeastern edge of the Black Mountain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Estate
- Description: castle in Powys, Wales
- Also known as: “Craig-y-nos”, “Craig-y-Nos”, “Craig-y-nos Castle”, and “Craig-y-nôs Castle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cribarth and Dan yr Ogof.
Cribarth
Peak
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cribarth is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, in the traditional county of Brecknockshire. The summit lies on the broken ridge at an elevation of 428 m at OS grid reference SN 831143.
Dan yr Ogof
Cave
Photo: Sloman, Public domain.
Dan yr Ogof, at the National Showcaves Centre for Wales, is a 17-kilometre long cave system in south Wales, about 5 miles north of Ystradgynlais and 15 miles southwest of Brecon, in the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pen y Cae and Penwyllt.
Pen y Cae
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen-y-cae is a village in Powys, Wales in the Brecon Beacons National Park between Abercraf and Craig-y-Nos Castle, in the community of Tawe-Uchaf. The village is mostly a linear settlement along the A4067 which runs approximately parallel to the River Tawe.
Penwyllt
Hamlet
Photo: Toby Speight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penwyllt is a hamlet located in the upper Swansea Valley in Powys, Wales, lying within the Brecon Beacons National Park. A former quarrying village, quicklime and silica brick production centre, its fortunes rose and fell as a result of the Industrial Revolution in South Wales.
Abercraf
Village
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abercraf is a village in Powys, Wales, in the community of Ystradgynlais and within the historic boundaries of the county of Brecknockshire. A distinct dialect of English is spoken in the village, as well as the Welsh language. Abercraf is situated 2 miles southwest of Craig-y-Nos Castle.
Craig-y-Nos Castle
- Categories: country house, former hospital, and agriculture
- Location: Tawe-Uchaf, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Italian to Welsh—“Craig-y-Nos Castle” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Castello Craig-y-Nos”
- Italian: “Castello di Craig-y-Nos”
- Italian: “Craig-y-Nos Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Craig-y-nos”
- Welsh: “Craig-y-nos”
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