Ystrad Peithyll
Ystrad Peithyll is the remains of a small 12th-century motte-and-bailey castle on the River Peithyll, near Penrhyn-coch in northern Ceredigion, Wales. The castle was attacked and destroyed by followers of Gruffydd ap Rhys in the early 12th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nigel Callaghan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: remains of a small 12th-century castle in Ceredigion, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Castell Gwar-Cwm”, “Castell Gwarcwm”, “Castell Gwarcwm, Rhosgoch”, “Gwar-Cwm Castle”, and “Rhosgoch Motte”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint John’s Church and Capel Bangor railway station.
Saint John’s Church
Church
Photo: Jason.nlw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint John’s Church is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Ystrad Peithyll.
Capel Bangor railway station
Railway station
Photo: Timothy Titus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Capel Bangor railway station is a railway station serving Capel Bangor in Ceredigion in Mid-Wales. It is an intermediate station on the preserved Vale of Rheidol Railway. Capel Bangor railway station is situated 1½ miles south of Ystrad Peithyll.
Hen Gaer
Archaeological site
Photo: Marion Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hen Gaer is an Iron Age hillfort, on a hill adjacent to and east of Bow Street, Ceredigion, Wales. Other names of the hillfort are Broncastellan and Caer Shon. Hen Gaer is situated 1½ miles northwest of Ystrad Peithyll.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penrhyn-coch and Capel Bangor.
Penrhyn-coch
Village
Photo: Nigel Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penrhyn-coch is a small village in the community of Trefeurig, Ceredigion, Wales, located between Afon Stewi and Nant Seilo rivers, close to where they merge into Afon Clarach.
Capel Bangor
Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Callaghan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Capel Bangor is a small village in Ceredigion, Wales, approximately 5 miles east of Aberystwyth. The A44 road and the seasonal Vale of Rheidol Railway pass through. In the 2011 census, the population was 256, with 63% born in Wales.
Salem
Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Callaghan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Salem is a small Welsh village in Ceredigion, located between the Afon Stewi and Nant Seilo rivers. The closest village is Penrhyn-coch. The Salem Independent Church was built in 1864, in a similar style to the older church at Capel Bangor. Salem is situated 1½ miles northeast of Ystrad Peithyll.
Ystrad Peithyll
- Categories: motte, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Trefeurig, Ceredigion, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.42324° or 52° 25′ 24″ northLongitude
-3.98193° or 3° 58′ 55″ westElevation
308 feet (94 metres)Open location code
9C4RC2F9+76OpenStreetMap ID
node 4908114673OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Ystrad Peithyll” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Castell Gwarcwm”
- Swedish: “Castell Gwarcwm”
- Welsh: “Castell Gwar-Cwm”
- Welsh: “Castell Peithyll”
- Welsh: “Castell Ystrad Peithyll”
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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 “Ystrad Peithyll”. Photo: Nigel Callaghan, CC BY-SA 2.0.