Barland Motte
Barland Castle, also known as Bishopston Old Castle, was a motte-and-bailey castle located near the village of Old Radnor, in Radnorshire, Wales. It is believed to have been described in the Domesday Book under the ownership of Hugh L'Asne, who owned the nearby lands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Barland Castle”, “Barland Motte and Bailey”, and “Bishopston Old Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Burfa Castle and St Mary.
Burfa Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burfa Castle is an Iron Age hillfort near the village of Old Radnor, Radnorshire in Powys, Wales. The site is a scheduled monument described as a prehistoric defensive hillfort, and was included in an inventory of monuments by 1913. Burfa Castle is situated 3,000 feet southeast of Barland Motte.
St Mary
Church
Photo: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary is a church, which is situated 2½ miles west of Barland Motte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knill and Beggar’s Bush.
Knill
Hamlet
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Knill is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England.
Beggar’s Bush
Hamlet
Beggar's Bush is a hamlet in the community of Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, located 55 miles from Cardiff and 137 miles from London. A round barrow is situated nearby, known as "Beggar’s Bush Barrow". The first recorded use of the name dates back to 1698. Beggar’s Bush is situated 2 miles northwest of Barland Motte.
Walton
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walton is a village in Powys, Wales, 1,300 yards west from the border with Herefordshire, England. The village is 3 miles east from New Radnor on the A44 road. Walton is situated 2 miles southwest of Barland Motte.
Barland Motte
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Old Radnor, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Barland Motte” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barland Motte”
- Swedish: “Barland Motte”
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