Castell Caemaerdy

Castell Caemaerdy is a castle in , , . Castell Caemaerdy is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the village .
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: scheduled monument in Wales
  • Also known as: “Castell Cae-Maerdy Castle Mound”, “Castell Caemaerdy, Llanelwedd”, and “Castell Caemardy”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Builth Road railway station and Wyeside Arts Centre.

Railway station
Photo: Velela, Public domain.
is a station primarily serving the town of , in . It is on the Heart of Wales Line. The station is over 2 miles northwest of Builth Wells via the A470, a busy trunk road. is situated 3,300 feet west of Castell Caemaerdy.

Movie theater
Photo: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a movie theater, which is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Castell Caemaerdy.

Ruins
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a castle built under King Edward I, just outside , , . At one time it was an impressive stone-built castle but all the masonry has been removed over the years and all that remains are the mound on which it stood, the ditches and embankments. is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Castell Caemaerdy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Builth Wells and Llanganten.

Photo: Ian Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a market town and community in the county and historic county Brecknockshire, mid-, lying at the confluence of rivers and Irfon in the Welsh part of the Wye Valley. In 2011 it had a population of 2,568.

Hamlet
is a small village in the community of , , . The church in the village is dedicated to St. Cannen and it lies alongside the river Chwefri. Until 1985 it was a community, when it became part of the new community of . is situated 2 miles southwest of Castell Caemaerdy.

Village
Photo: Rhion, Public domain.
Cilmeri is a village and community in , mid-Wales, United Kingdom in the historic county of Brecknockshire, two and a half miles west of on the A483 to . is situated 2 miles southwest of Castell Caemaerdy.

Castell Caemaerdy

Latitude
52.16689° or 52° 10′ 1″ north
Longitude
-3.41293° or 3° 24′ 47″ west
Elevation
689 feet (210 metres)
Open location code
9C4R5H8P+QR
Geo­Names ID
6286114
Wiki­data ID
Q24659811
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Castell Caemaerdy” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Castell Caemaerdy”
  • Swedish: “Castell Caemaerdy”
  • Welsh: “Castell Caemaerdy”
  • Welsh: “Castell Caemardy”

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