Llanthomas Castle Mound
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Powys, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Llanigon castle”, “Llanthomas Motte”, and “Llanthomas Motte, Llanigon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parish Church of St Eigon, Llanigon and Hay Castle.
Parish Church of St Eigon, Llanigon
Church
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of St Eigon, Llanigon is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Llanthomas Castle Mound.
Hay Castle
Castle
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hay Castle is a medieval fortification and 17th-century mansion house in the small town of Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales. Originally constructed as part of the Norman invasion of Wales, the castle was designed as a ringwork overlooking the town in either the late 11th or the early 12th centuries. Hay Castle is situated 1½ miles northeast of Llanthomas Castle Mound.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's is an Anglican parish church in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales. Separated by a deep dingle, which probably was formerly a moat, it is situated westward of the town centre, on an steep eminence near to the River Wye. St Mary’s Church is situated 1½ miles northeast of Llanthomas Castle Mound.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanigon and Llowes.
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
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.
Hay-on-Wye
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Hay-on-Wye is a small town with a population of about 1,900 in Mid Wales, on the River Wye, very close to the English border and within the borders of Brecon Beacons National Park.
Llanthomas Castle Mound
- Categories: motte, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Llanigon, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.05601° or 52° 3′ 22″ northLongitude
-3.15472° or 3° 9′ 17″ westElevation
374 feet (114 metres)Open location code
9C4R3R4W+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 13022459644OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Llanthomas Castle Mound” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Llanthomas Motte”
- Swedish: “Llanthomas Motte”
- Welsh: “Tomen Llantomos”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Llanthomas Castle Mound”. Photo: LiamGM, CC BY-SA 4.0.