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Oxwich Castle

Oxwich Castle is a Grade I listed castle which occupies a position on a wooded headland overlooking on the , Wales. Although it may occupy the site of an earlier fortification, it is a castle in name only as it is a grand Tudor fortified manor house built in courtyard style.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: Grade I listed fortified manor house in Penrice, Swansea, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Castell Oxwich”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Illtyd, Penrice and Penrice Castle.

Church
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The Church of St Illtyd is a Grade II* listed building in the city and county of in south . It is close to village, on a site overlooking and reached by the Wales Coast Path. is situated 2,200 feet east of Oxwich Castle.

Castle
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is a 13th-century castle near Penrice, Swansea on the , . Nearby is a neo-classical mansion house built in the 1770s. is situated 1¼ miles north of Oxwich Castle.

Church
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The Church of St Andrew, Penrice, , Wales dates from the 12th century. A Grade II* listed building, St Andrew's remains an active parish church in the parish of South-West Gower, in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon. is situated 1 mile north of Oxwich Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxwich and Port Eynon.

Village
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is a village on the , in the city and county of in south . is part of the small community of Penrice which extends from the village of Horton to Bay, and as of 2001 recorded a population of 454 inhabitants.

Village
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is a village and community within the City and County of Swansea, , on the far south tip of the within the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. is situated 2 miles west of Oxwich Castle.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ miles northeast of Oxwich Castle.

Oxwich Castle

Latitude
51.55548° or 51° 33′ 20″ north
Longitude
-4.1683° or 4° 10′ 6″ west
Elevation
207 feet (63 metres)
Open location code
9C3QHR4J+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1076395293
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6285871
Wiki­data ID
Q3403319
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Oxwich Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Oxwich gaztelua”
  • Cebuano: “Oxwich Castle”
  • Danish: “Oxwich Castle”
  • German: “Oxwich Castle”
  • Italian: “Castello di Oxwich”
  • Italian: “Oxwich Castle”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oxwich Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Oxwich Castle”
  • Swedish: “Oxwich Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell Oxwich”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Oxwich Castle”. Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.