Crug Eryr Castle
Crug Eryr Castle was a motte and bailey-style castle located atop a hill adjacent to the A44 about 2 miles northwest of Llanfihangel Nant Melan, near New Radnor in Powys, Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Fort
- Description: castle in Powys, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Castell Crugerydd” and “Crug Eryr Mound and Bailey Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Fforest Inn, Llanfihangel-Nant-Melan and Gwaunceste Hill.
The Fforest Inn, Llanfihangel-Nant-Melan
Pub
Photo: Roger D Kidd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Fforest Inn, Llanfihangel-Nant-Melan is a pub, which is situated 1 mile southeast of Crug Eryr Castle.
Gwaunceste Hill
Peak
Gwaunceste Hill is a 542-metre-high hill in the county of Powys in east Wales. It falls within the communities of Gladestry and Glascwm around 4 km east of the village of Hundred House and about 2 km north of the hamlet of Glascwm. Gwaunceste Hill is situated 2½ miles south of Crug Eryr Castle.
Red Lion Inn
Pub
Photo: Andy Carlson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Red Lion Inn is a pub, which is situated 1½ miles southeast of Crug Eryr Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llandegley and New Radnor.
Llandegley
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llandegley, is a village near Llandrindod Wells, in the community of Penybont, in Powys, mid Wales, United Kingdom. It is the supposed location of the spoof Llandegley International Airport. Llandegley is situated 2½ miles northwest of Crug Eryr Castle.
New Radnor
Village
New Radnor is a village and community in Powys, Wales. It is south of Radnor Forest, and was historically the county town of Radnorshire. In the 2001 census, the community's population of 410 was split evenly between male and female, in 192 households. New Radnor is situated 3½ miles east of Crug Eryr Castle.
Glascwm
Village
Photo: Angela Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glascwm is a community in the upper Edw valley in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales. The main settlement is concentrated in the two centrally located small villages of Frank's Bridge, located on the eastern slope of the valley, and Hundred House, located on the river terrace on the western side of the Edw. Glascwm is situated 4 miles south of Crug Eryr Castle.
Crug Eryr Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: New Radnor, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.22547° or 52° 13′ 32″ northLongitude
-3.23498° or 3° 14′ 6″ westElevation
1,240 feet (378 metres)Open location code
9C4R6QG8+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 12168398123OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Crug Eryr Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Castell Crugerydd”
- Swedish: “Castell Crugerydd”
- Welsh: “Castell Crug Eryr”
- Welsh: “Castell Crugerydd”
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