Hay Tump Castle
Hay Tump Castle was a motte and Bailey castle situated in Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales, near to St Mary’s parish church in the town. It is situated 200 metres away from Hay Castle, which was the successor of Hay Tump castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Powys, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Castle Mound near Swan Hotel” and “Hay Tump”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Hay Castle.
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.
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 960 feet northeast of Hay Tump Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hay-on-Wye and Cusop.
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.
Cusop
Village
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cusop is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England that lies at the foot of Cusop Hill next to the town of Hay-on-Wye in Wales. It is a short walk from Hay, the distance between bus stops, and can be reached by walking or driving out of Hay towards Bredwardine, and turning right into Cusop Dingle.
Clyro
Village
Photo: Mike Price, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clyro is a village and community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales, with 781 inhabitants as of the 2011 UK Census. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 1.5 miles to the south-east.
Hay Tump Castle
- Categories: motte, motte-and-bailey castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hay, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Hay Tump Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hay Tump”
- Swedish: “Hay Tump”
- Welsh: “Tomen Gelli Gandryll”
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