Gro Tump Motte
Gro Tump Motte is a castle in Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, Powys, Wales. Gro Tump Motte is situated nearby to St Llwchaiarn’s Church, as well as near the hamlet Llanllwchaiarn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Powys, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Gro Tump Mound & Bailey Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Llwchaiarn’s Church and Newtown railway station.
St Llwchaiarn’s Church
Church
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St Llwchaiarn's church, Llanllwchaiarn was the parish church of Llanllwchaiarn, now within the community of Newtown with Llanllwchaiarn and lies within the historic county of Montgomeryshire in Powys. St Llwchaiarn’s Church is situated 1,000 feet north of Gro Tump Motte.
Newtown railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtown railway station is a railway station serving Newtown, Powys, Wales. Newtown railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Gro Tump Motte.
Robert Owen Museum
Museum
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Robert Owen Museum is situated 1 mile west of Gro Tump Motte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanllwchaiarn and Newtown.
Llanllwchaiarn
Hamlet
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanllwchaiarn is a village on the outskirts of Newtown in Powys, Wales. It forms part of the community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn. Aberbechan Hall was a Tudor mansion in the eastern part of the parish demolished in 1870.
Newtown
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Newtown is in Mid Wales. It retains a traditional town centre of independent shops and many pubs and cafes. There's also an art gallery, nightclub and indoor market.
Kerry
Village
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Kerry is a village and geographically large community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. The village lies on the A489 road 2.8 miles southeast of Newtown and possesses two pubs — the Herbert Arms and the Kerry Lamb — a village hall, a bowling green, a post office, a primary school and a hairdresser. Kerry is situated 2 miles southeast of Gro Tump Motte.
Gro Tump Motte
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Gro Tump Motte” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gro Tump Motte”
- Swedish: “Gro Tump Motte”
- Welsh: “Gro Tump Mound & Bailey Castle”
- Welsh: “Mwnt gro Tump”
- Welsh: “Tomen Gro Tump”
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