Castlebythe

Castlebythe is a castle in Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Castlebythe is situated near the village Puncheston, as well as near the hamlet Tufton.

Type: Castle
Description: possible castle in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Also known as: “Castell Mound” and “Castlebythe Motte”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Drovers Arms and Llys-y-frân Reservoir.

Drovers Arms

Pub

Photo: Deborah Tilley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Drovers Arms is a pub, which is situated 1 mile northwest of Castlebythe.

Llys-y-frân Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Dylan Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llys-y-frân Reservoir is situated 2½ miles south of Castlebythe.

The Tufton Arms

Pub

Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Tufton Arms is a pub, which is situated 1¼ miles east of Castlebythe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castlebythe and Puncheston.

Castlebythe

Hamlet

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castlebythe is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the southern slopes of the Preseli Hills, 10 km south-east of Fishguard. The northern part of the parish is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.

Puncheston

Village

Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Puncheston is a village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales. It sits below the mountain known as Castlebythe, one of the peaks in the Preseli Mountains, just outside the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.

Tufton

Hamlet

Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tufton is a crossroads hamlet in the parish of Henry's Moat in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the B4329, a road between Eglwyswrw and Haverfordwest across the Preseli Hills. It is in the community of Puncheston.

Castlebythe

Categories: motte, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.9242° or 51° 55′ 27″ north

Longitude

-4.87862° or 4° 52′ 43″ west

Elevation

712 feet (217 metres)

Open location code

9C3QW4FC+MH

GeoNames ID

6286019

Wikidata ID

Q38909330

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Castlebythe” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Castlebythe”
Swedish: “Castlebythe”
Welsh: “Castlebythe”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Casmael and Henry’s Moat.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Glan-dŵr and Gellifawr Country Hotel.

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