Pen y Clawdd Castle
Pen y Clawdd Castle is a ditched mound with a double moat, roughly circular in shape, with a diameter of approximately 28m to 30m and about 2.4m high. The castle is in Llanvihangel Crucorney, about five miles to the north of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in south east Wales and lies between the Usk and Monnow rivers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: archaeological site in Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Pen y Clawdd Castle Mound”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bryn Arw and St Michael’s Church, Llanvihangel Crucorney.
Bryn Arw
Peak
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bryn Arw is a hill in the Black Mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south Wales. It lies 4 km north of the town of Abergavenny and 1.5 miles west of the village of Llanvihangel Crucorney.
St Michael’s Church, Llanvihangel Crucorney
Church
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael's Church stands in the centre of the village of Llanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales. It was designated as a Grade II listed building in 1956 for its historic importance and surviving medieval features. St Michael’s Church, Llanvihangel Crucorney is situated 1 mile east of Pen y Clawdd Castle.
The Skirrid Inn
Pub
Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Skirrid Inn, also called the Skirrid Mountain Inn is a public house in the small village of Llanvihangel Crucorney, approximately 4 miles north of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. The Skirrid Inn is situated 1 mile east of Pen y Clawdd Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanvihangel Crucorney and Gaer.
Llanvihangel Crucorney
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanvihangel Crucorney is a small village in the community of Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located 5 miles north of Abergavenny and 18 miles southwest of Hereford, England on the A465 road.
Gaer
Locality
Photo: Jasperfforde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gaer is the name of a hill in the Black Mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south Wales. It lies at the southern end of the long ridge between the valley of the Grwyne Fawr and the Vale of Ewyas, one mile north of Bryn Arw and three miles northeast of Sugarloaf. Gaer is situated 1½ miles northwest of Pen y Clawdd Castle.
Pandy
Village
Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.
Pandy is a hamlet in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. Pandy is situated 2 miles northeast of Pen y Clawdd Castle.
Pen y Clawdd Castle
- Categories: archaeological site, motte, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Pen y Clawdd Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pen y Clawdd Castle”
- Danish: “Pen y Clawdd Castle”
- Swedish: “Pen y Clawdd Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Pen-y-clawdd”
- Welsh: “Pen y Clawdd Castle Mound”
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