Bron Felin Motte
Bron Felin Motte is a castle in Llandinam, Powys, Wales. Bron Felin Motte is situated nearby to the hamlet Aberhafesp, as well as near the village Caersws.- Type: Castle
- Description: scheduled monument in Wales
- Also known as: “Bron-Felin Mound & Bailey Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Caersws railway station and Maesmawr Hall.
Caersws railway station
Railway station
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Caersws railway station is on the Cambrian Line in mid-Wales, serving the village of Caersws. It is notable in that there are 22 miles separating this station and Machynlleth, the longest distance between two intermediate stations in Wales. Caersws railway station is situated 1½ miles west of Bron Felin Motte.
Maesmawr Hall
Hotel
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Maesmawr Hall is a historic timber-framed house, situated to the southeast of Caersws, in the historic county of Montgomeryshire, which now forms part of Powys in Wales. Maesmawr Hall is situated 1 mile northwest of Bron Felin Motte.
Cefn Carnedd
Archaeological site
Cefn Carnedd is an Iron Age hillfort, about 1.5 miles south-west of Caersws, in Powys, Wales. It is a scheduled monument. It is on a hill overlooking the River Severn to the east, and Afon Cerist and Afon Trannon to the north; there is a river confluence to the north-east, between the fort and Caersws. Cefn Carnedd is situated 2½ miles west of Bron Felin Motte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aberhafesp and Caersws.
Aberhafesp
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberhafesp is a small village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. The hamlet of Bwlch-y-Ffridd is within the community. It is situated about five miles west of Newtown on the B4568 close to the River Severn.
Caersws
Village
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Caersws is a village and community on the River Severn, in the Welsh county of Powys; it was formerly in Montgomeryshire. It is located 5 miles west of Newtown, halfway between Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury.
Llanwnnog
Village
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Llanwnnog is a village in Powys, Wales. It is located one-and-a half miles north of Caersws in the community of the same name, on the B4568 road. The Ordnance Survey spell the name with a single 'n'. Until 1987 Llanwnog was a community. Llanwnnog is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bron Felin Motte.
Bron Felin Motte
- Categories: motte, motte-and-bailey castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Llandinam, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Bron Felin Motte” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bron Felin Motte”
- Swedish: “Bron Felin Motte”
- Welsh: “Bron-Felin Mound & Bailey Castle”
- Welsh: “Tomen Bronfelin”
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