Garn Fawr Motte
Garn Fawr Motte is a castle in Newchurch and Merthyr, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Garn Fawr Motte is situated nearby to the village Llannewydd, as well as near the hamlet Ffynnon-ddrain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Danycoed Halt railway station and Llwyfan Cerrig railway station.
Danycoed Halt railway station
Railway station
Photo: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Danycoed Halt, which is Welsh for below the trees, was built by the Gwili Railway in the late 1990s and opened in 2001. It is the current northern terminus of the line, but may become redundant when the preserved railway extends over a mile northwards into the nearby Conwyl station site and then further on up to Llanpumpsaint Station some 2+1⁄2 miles further on. Danycoed Halt railway station is situated 1¼ miles north of Garn Fawr Motte.
Llwyfan Cerrig railway station
Railway station
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Llwyfan Cerrig is a heritage railway station on the preserved Gwili Railway. The station previously did not exist before the closure of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line in 1965 and was constructed and later opened in 1988 by the Gwili Railway. Llwyfan Cerrig railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Garn Fawr Motte.
Bronwydd Arms railway station
Railway station
Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bronwydd Arms railway station, originally a stop on the now closed Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line, is the headquarters of the preserved Gwili Railway, in Wales, United Kingdom. Bronwydd Arms railway station is situated 1¼ miles east of Garn Fawr Motte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llannewydd and Ffynnon-ddrain.
Llannewydd
Village
Llannewydd or Newchurch is a parish in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is 3 miles north of Carmarthen on the banks of the Gwili. The church was rebuilt in 1829. It is in the community of Newchurch and Merthyr.
Ffynnon-ddrain
Hamlet
Ffynnon-ddrain is a settlement in Carmarthenshire, Wales, one mile north-west of the town of Carmarthen, 24 miles north-west of the major city of Swansea, 56 miles north-west of Cardiff, and 182 miles west of London.
Bronwydd
Village
Photo: Marion Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bronwydd is a village and community in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated about three miles north of Carmarthen in the valley of the River Gwili. Bronwydd is situated 1½ miles northeast of Garn Fawr Motte.
Garn Fawr Motte
- Type: Castle
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Newchurch and Merthyr, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.88954° or 51° 53′ 22″ northLongitude
-4.33182° or 4° 19′ 55″ westElevation
571 feet (174 metres)Open location code
9C3QVMQ9+R7GeoNames ID
6286010
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