Morlais Castle
Morlais Castle is a 13th-century castle located above the Taff Gorge near the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: hillfort in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales
- Also known as: “Castell Morlais”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pant railway station and Prince Charles Hospital.
Pant railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pant railway station was a station which served Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, in the historic Welsh county of Glamorgan, now Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. It was the junction at which the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Railway line from Pontsticill in the North split to serve the Dowlais Central and Dowlais Top lines. Pant railway station is situated 3,400 feet east of Morlais Castle.
Prince Charles Hospital
Hospital
Prince Charles Hospital is a district general hospital in Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. Prince Charles Hospital is situated 1 mile south of Morlais Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gurnos and Pontsticill.
Gurnos
Suburb
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gurnos is a community of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough in Wales, United Kingdom. It consists principally of the Gurnos Estate. The population in 2011 was 5,280.
Pontsticill
Village
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pontsticill is a village within the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. It lies within the valley of the Taf Fechan on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Dowlais
Suburb
Photo: Varitek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dowlais is a village and community of the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, in South Wales. The name is derived from the Welsh du meaning 'black' and glais meaning 'stream'.
Morlais Castle
- Categories: contour fort, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Morlais Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Morlais Castle”
- Danish: “Morlais Castle”
- French: “château de Morlais”
- French: “Château de Morlais”
- French: “Morlais Castle”
- German: “Morlais Castle”
- Swedish: “Morlais Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Morlais”
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