Carreg Cennen Castle
Carreg Cennen Castle is a castle sited on a high rocky outcrop overlooking the River Cennen, close to the village of Trap, four miles south east of Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire, Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle in Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Castell Carreg Cennen”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Craig-yr-Odyn Quarry and Tair Carn Uchaf.
Craig-yr-Odyn Quarry
Quarry
Photo: Anthony Gostling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Craig-yr-Odyn Quarry is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Carreg Cennen Castle.
Tair Carn Uchaf
Peak
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tair Carn Uchaf is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. Its summit sits atop a plateau-like ridge at 482 metres above sea level and is marked by one of the three huge cairns which give the mountain its name. Tair Carn Uchaf is situated 1½ miles southeast of Carreg Cennen Castle.
Cennen Arms
Pub
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cennen Arms is a pub, which is situated 1 mile west of Carreg Cennen Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trap and Ffairfach.
Trap
Village
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trap is a hamlet in the county of Carmarthenshire in southwest Wales, located on the western border of the Brecon Beacons National Park, around four miles southeast of the town of Llandeilo.
Ffairfach
Village
Photo: Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ffairfach is a village one-half mile south of the market town of Llandeilo in the eastern part of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is close to the confluence of the Afon Cennen and the River Towy. Population is 516 according to 2017 census. Ffairfach is situated 3 miles northwest of Carreg Cennen Castle.
Derwydd
Hamlet
Derwydd is a hamlet in the south-east of Carmarthenshire, Wales, historically situated in the parish of Llandybie, north of Ammanford. It is around halfway between Ammanford and Llandeilo, at a rural crossroads between the A483 and A476 roads. Derwydd is situated 3 miles west of Carreg Cennen Castle.
Carreg Cennen Castle
- Categories: castle and tourism
- Location: Dyffryn Cennen, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.85449° or 51° 51′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.93514° or 3° 56′ 7″ westElevation
745 feet (227 metres)Open location code
9C3RV337+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 1231068132OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Carreg Cennen Castle” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Kastell Carreg Cennen”
- Cebuano: “Carreg Cennen Castle”
- Danish: “Carreg Cennen Castle”
- Dutch: “Carreg Cennen Castle”
- Finnish: “Carreg Cennenin linna”
- French: “château de Carreg Cennen”
- French: “Château de Carreg Cennen”
- German: “Carreg Cennen Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Carreg Cennen”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Carreg Cennen”
- Russian: “Замок Каррег Кеннен”
- Swedish: “Carreg Cennen Castle”
- Welsh: “Careg Cennen”
- Welsh: “Castell Careg Cennen”
- Welsh: “Castell Carreg Cennen”
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