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Newcastle Emlyn

Newcastle Emlyn Castle

Newcastle Emlyn Castle is a ruined castle in the market town of in , . It is strategically located on a steep-sided promontory overlooking the and was probably built by the Welsh lord Maredudd ap Rhys in about 1240.
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Photo: Steve Chapple, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Newcastle Emlyn Library and The Emlyn Arms Hotel, Including attached Ranges Each Side & Rear Outbuildings, Bridge Street/Heol Y B.

Library
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1,100 feet west of Newcastle Emlyn Castle.

Hotel
Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 960 feet west of Newcastle Emlyn Castle.

Church
Photo: GeraintTudur2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Newcastle Emlyn Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adpar and Aber-arad.

Village
Photo: Marion Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , , in the community of , now considered as a part of , to which it is joined by a bridge across the . The village was also known as Trefhedyn and was a borough in its own right.

Village
is a village in , Wales, which lies less than one mile to the east of . In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described as: ABERARAD, a village in the parish of Kenarth, Carmarthen; a mile east of Newcastle-Emlyn.

Village
is a small village in the community of , , Wales, located where Afon Ceri flows into the , two miles northwest of .

Newcastle Emlyn Castle

Latitude
52.0391° or 52° 2′ 21″ north
Longitude
-4.4632° or 4° 27′ 48″ west
Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)
Open location code
9C4Q2GQP+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 318341250
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6286684
Wiki­data ID
Q4516540
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Welsh—“Newcastle Emlyn Castle” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “kastell Newydd Emlyn”
  • Cebuano: “Newcastle Emlyn Castle”
  • Danish: “Newcastle Emlyn Castle”
  • French: “château de Newcastle Emlyn”
  • French: “Château de Newcastle Emlyn”
  • German: “Newcastle Emlyn Castle”
  • Italian: “castello di Newcastle Emlyn”
  • Italian: “Castello di Newcastle Emlyn”
  • Italian: “Newcastle Emlyn Castle”
  • Japanese: “ニューカッスル・エムリン・カッスル”
  • Japanese: “ニューカッスル・エムリン城”
  • Japanese: “ニューキャッスル・エムリン・キャッスル”
  • Japanese: “ニューキャッスル・エムリン城”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Newcastle Emlyn”
  • Swedish: “Newcastle Emlyn Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell Newydd Emlyn”
  • Welsh: “Newcastle Emlyn Castle”

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