Twmpath Motte
Twmpath Castle, also known as Twmpath Motte, is a medieval motte on the southern slope of Wenallt Hill near Rhiwbina in Cardiff, Wales, which is a scheduled monument.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Seth Whales, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Historic site
- Description: motte in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Twmpath”, “Twmpath Castle”, “Twmpath Motte and Bailey”, “Twmpath Motte, Rhiwbina”, and “Twmpath, Rhiwbina”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rhiwbina railway station and Whitchurch railway station.
Rhiwbina railway station
Railway station
Photo: Welshleprechaun, Public domain.
Rhiwbina railway station is a suburban railway station serving Rhiwbina, Cardiff, Wales. It is located on the Coryton Line 4.25 miles north of Cardiff Central. Rhiwbina railway station is situated 1 mile south of Twmpath Motte.
Whitchurch railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitchurch railway station is a railway station serving Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales. It is located on the Coryton Line 4.5 miles north of Cardiff Central and is situated beneath the A470 road. Whitchurch railway station is situated 4,200 feet south of Twmpath Motte.
Coryton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Aled Betts, CC BY 2.0.
Coryton railway station serves Coryton and Pantmawr in Cardiff, Wales. It is the terminus of the Coryton Line 5 miles north of Cardiff Central via Cardiff Queen Street. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network. Coryton railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Twmpath Motte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coryton and Whitchurch.
Coryton
Suburb
Coryton is a district of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, lying immediately to the north of Whitchurch next to junction 32 of the M4 motorway. It is within the Whitchurch & Tongwynlais electoral ward.
Whitchurch
Suburb
Photo: Welshleprechaun, Public domain.
Whitchurch is a suburb and community in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is approximately 3 miles north of the centre of the city on the A470 road and A4054 road.
Birchgrove
Suburb
Birchgrove is a district of the city of Cardiff stretching between Llanishen and the Gabalfa interchange, along the A469 Caerphilly road. It centres on a crossroads dominated by the Birchgrove pub which also lies between Heath and Whitchurch.
Twmpath Motte
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, castle, motte, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Rhiwbina, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.53227° or 51° 31′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.22129° or 3° 13′ 17″ westElevation
292 feet (89 metres)Open location code
9C3RGQJH+WFOpenStreetMap ID
way 39146691OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Twmpath Motte” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Twmpath Motte”
- Swedish: “Twmpath Motte”
- Welsh: “Caer Cynwrig”
- Welsh: “Twmpath Rhiwbeina”
- Welsh: “Y Twmpath”
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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 “Twmpath Motte”. Photo: Seth Whales, CC BY-SA 4.0.