Llowes Castle Tump
Llowes Castle Tump is a castle in Glasbury, Powys, Wales. Llowes Castle Tump is situated nearby to the village Glasbury, as well as near Llanigon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Powys, Wales
- Also known as: “Castle Tump”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Llanthomas Castle Mound and Maesyronnen Chapel.
Llanthomas Castle Mound
Castle
Photo: LiamGM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Llanthomas Castle Mound was built by the Normans after the 1066 Norman Conquest of England, probably after the Norman invasion of Wales in 1081, but before 1215. Llanthomas Castle Mound is situated 1¼ miles east of Llowes Castle Tump.
Maesyronnen Chapel
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maesyronnen Chapel is about 1 mile north of the village of Glasbury, Powys, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building. The chapel is one of the earliest Nonconformist chapels to be built in Wales, and is the only chapel existing from that time to be largely unchanged and still in use as a chapel. Maesyronnen Chapel is situated 1 mile west of Llowes Castle Tump.
Parish Church of St Eigon, Llanigon
Church
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of St Eigon, Llanigon is situated 1½ miles east of Llowes Castle Tump.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llowes and Glasbury.
Llowes
Village
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llowes is a small village in the community of Glasbury, Powys, Wales. The village has approximately 110 inhabitants. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 3 miles to the south-east.
Glasbury
Village
Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glasbury, also known as Glasbury-on-Wye, is a village and community in Powys, Wales. The village lies at an important crossing point on the River Wye, connecting the historic counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire, and is located just outside the Brecon Beacons National Park, north of the Black Mountains.
Llanigon
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanigon is a village and community in Powys, Wales on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park, north of the Black Mountains, Wales. The community population was 478.
Llowes Castle Tump
- Categories: motte, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Glasbury, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.05875° or 52° 3′ 32″ northLongitude
-3.18144° or 3° 10′ 53″ westElevation
266 feet (81 metres)Open location code
9C4R3R59+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 13022434101OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Llowes Castle Tump” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Llowes Castle Tump”
- Swedish: “Llowes Castle Tump”
- Welsh: “Catell Llowes”
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