Ystradowen Motte
Ystradowen Motte is a castle in Penllyn, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Ystradowen Motte is situated nearby to the village Trerhyngyll, as well as near the hamlet Llansannor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cowbridge Town Hall and Cowbridge Library.
Cowbridge Town Hall
Town hall
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Cowbridge Town Hall is a public building in the High Street of Cowbridge in South Wales. The town hall, which is the meeting place for Cowbridge with Llanblethian Town Council, and also houses the town clerk's office, the committee rooms and the Cowbridge Museum, is a Grade II* listed building. Cowbridge Town Hall is situated 2 miles southwest of Ystradowen Motte.
Cowbridge Library
Library
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Cowbridge Library is situated 2 miles southwest of Ystradowen Motte.
Hensol
Castle
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Cowbridge is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan, between Cardiff and Bridgend. It is set in the countryside, about 15 minutes' drive from the Glamorgan Heritage Coast. Hensol is situated 2½ miles east of Ystradowen Motte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ystradowen and Trerhyngyll.
Ystradowen
Village
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Ystradowen is a small village twelve miles west of Cardiff, located in Penllyn community in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales; its nearest town is Cowbridge which is about three miles to the south.
Trerhyngyll
Village
Trerhyngyll is a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan, about 2 miles north of Cowbridge and 1 mile south of Ystradowen, near Maendy, off the A4222 road.
Llansannor
Hamlet
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Llansannor is a small hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. It has a population of roughly 200 people. It contains a parish church, a pub, a primary school and a village hall, which has recently been rebuilt thanks to the efforts of the parishioners.
Ystradowen Motte
- Type: Castle
- Description: motte-and-bailey castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Penllyn, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Ystradowen Motte” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ystradowen Motte”
- Swedish: “Ystradowen Motte”
- Welsh: “Hen domen Ystradowen”
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