Cae Burdydd Castle
Cae Burdydd Castle is a castle in Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Cae Burdydd Castle is situated nearby to the ruins Morlais Castle, as well as near the village Pontsticill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: motte in Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Cae Burdydd Castle, Vaynor” and “Cae Burdydd Mound”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Morlais Castle and Pant railway station.
Morlais Castle
Ruins
Photo: Gibbinskaren, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Morlais Castle is a 13th-century castle located above the Taff Gorge near the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. Morlais Castle is situated 2,100 feet south of Cae Burdydd Castle.
Pant railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pant railway station was a station which served Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, in the historic Welsh county of Glamorgan, now Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. It was the junction at which the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Railway line from Pontsticill in the North split to serve the Dowlais Central and Dowlais Top lines. Pant railway station is situated 1 mile east of Cae Burdydd Castle.
Pant Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pant Cemetery is situated 1 mile southeast of Cae Burdydd Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pontsticill and Pant.
Pontsticill
Village
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pontsticill is a village within the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. It lies within the valley of the Taf Fechan on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Pant
Village
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pant is a village and community on the outskirts of Merthyr Tydfil, a large former mining town in the South Wales Valleys, Wales. Pant is notable for being the starting point of the Brecon Mountain Railway, and the site of the former Morlais railway tunnel, which runs underneath the village and emerges in the middle of it.
Gurnos
Suburb
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gurnos is a community of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough in Wales, United Kingdom. It consists principally of the Gurnos Estate. The population in 2011 was 5,280.
Cae Burdydd Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, mound, motte, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Cae Burdydd Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cae Burdydd Castle”
- Swedish: “Cae Burdydd Castle”
- Welsh: “Mwnt Cae Burdydd”
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