Llangwathan Motte
Llangwathan Motte is a castle in Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Llangwathan Motte is situated nearby to the hamlet Crinow, as well as near the village Llanddewi Velfrey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Llangwathan Castle Mound”, “Llangwathen Motte”, and “Motte, Llangwathan”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Narberth railway station and Narberth Castle.
Narberth railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roger W Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Narberth railway station serves the town of Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The station is on the West Wales Line, 19¾ miles west of Carmarthen. Narberth railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Llangwathan Motte.
Narberth Castle
Castle
Photo: WestWalesP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Narberth Castle is a ruined Norman fortress in the town of Narberth, Pembrokeshire, West Wales. It forms part of the Landsker Line. A chronicle in the Cotton library mentions that, in 1116, Gruffydd ap Rhys attacked and destroyed the castle of arberth; this however probably refers to the nearby Sentence Castle, the stone castle at Narberth not having been built until over 100 years later. Narberth Castle is situated 1½ miles southwest of Llangwathan Motte.
Church of St. Peter
Church
Photo: Dylan Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St. Peter is situated 1½ miles east of Llangwathan Motte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crinow and Llanddewi Velfrey.
Crinow
Hamlet
Photo: LinguisticDemographer, Public domain.
Crinow is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, 2 kilometres east of Narberth. The parish is part of the community of Narberth.
Llanddewi Velfrey
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanddewi Velfrey is a village, parish and community of Pembrokeshire in West Wales. Historically it was in the Narberth Hundred. The village is in Lampeter Vale, 2 miles northeast of Narberth along the A40.
Narberth
Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Narberth is in Pembrokeshire. In 2014, The Guardian called it "not only a gastronomic hub for west Wales but also one of the liveliest, most likeable little towns in the UK".
Llangwathan Motte
- Categories: motte, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Llangwathan Motte” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Llangwathan Motte”
- Cebuano: “Llangwathen Motte”
- Swedish: “Llangwathan Motte”
- Swedish: “Llangwathen Motte”
- Welsh: “Llangwathan Castle Mound”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Stonyford and Lampeter Velfrey.
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