Maesgwyn mound
Maesgwyn mound is a castle in Glasbury, Powys, Wales. Maesgwyn mound is situated nearby to the village Llowes, as well as near Glasbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: round barrow in Glasbury, Powys, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Maesgwyn round barrow”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Painscastle Castle and Church of St David, Llandewi Fach.
Painscastle Castle
Ruins
Photo: Phil Laycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Painscastle Castle is a castle in the village of Painscastle in Powys, Wales. It lies between Builth and Hay-on-Wye, approximately 3 miles from the Wales-England border today. Painscastle Castle is situated 1½ miles north of Maesgwyn mound.
Church of St David, Llandewi Fach
Church
Photo: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St David, Llandewi Fach is situated 1½ miles northwest of Maesgwyn mound.
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 1½ miles southeast of Maesgwyn mound.
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. Llowes is situated 2 miles southeast of Maesgwyn mound.
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. Glasbury is situated 3 miles south of Maesgwyn mound.
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. Clyro is situated 3 miles east of Maesgwyn mound.
Maesgwyn mound
- Categories: round barrow, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Glasbury, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Maesgwyn mound” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Maesgwyn mound”
- Swedish: “Maesgwyn mound”
- Welsh: “Tomen Maesgwyn”
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