Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle was a medieval spur castle in Radnorshire, Wales. Two successive masonry castles were built on a ridge above the River Ithon known as Castle Bank in the thirteenth century, replacing a wooden motte-and-bailey castle constructed by the Normans nearby.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: medieval castle in Powys, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Castell Glan Iethon, Castle Bank”, “Castle Bank”, “Cefnllys”, “Cefnllys Castles”, and “Dinieithon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Michael, Cefnllys and Llandrindod railway station.
Church of St Michael, Cefnllys
Church
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Church of St Michael, Cefnllys is situated 1,400 feet west of Cefnllys Castle.
Llandrindod railway station
Railway station
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Llandrindod railway station serves the town of Llandrindod Wells in Powys, Mid Wales. It is a stop on the single-tracked Heart of Wales Line, 51+3⁄4 miles south-west of Shrewsbury. Llandrindod railway station is situated 2 miles west of Cefnllys Castle.
National Cycle Museum
Museum
Photo: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Cycle Museum is a national museum dedicated to cycling in the United Kingdom and is based in Llandrindod Wells, Wales. It opened in 1997. National Cycle Museum is situated 2 miles west of Cefnllys Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanbadarn Fawr and Llandrindod Wells.
Llanbadarn Fawr
Hamlet
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Llanbadarn Fawr is a community in Powys, within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire, mid Wales. Consisting of a tract of undulating land directly north east of Llandrindod Wells, the community consists of the settlements of Crossgates and Fron and in 2001 had a population of 654, increasing to 701 at the 2011 Census. Llanbadarn Fawr is situated 2 miles north of Cefnllys Castle.
Llandrindod Wells
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Llandrindod Wells is a town and community in Powys, Wales. It serves as the seat of Powys County Council, and is therefore the administrative centre of Powys.
Crossgates
Village
Crossgates is a village in Powys, mid Wales, in the historic county of Radnorshire. It is the main settlement of the community of Llanbadarn Fawr, which had a population of 701 in 2011. Crossgates is situated 2 miles north of Cefnllys Castle.
Cefnllys Castle
- Categories: hillfort, contour fort, spur castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Penybont, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Cefnllys Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cefnllys Castle”
- French: “château de Cefnllys”
- French: “Château de Cefnllys”
- German: “Cefnllys Castle”
- Hebrew: “טירת קוונל’יס”
- Swedish: “Cefnllys Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Cefnllys”
- Welsh: “Cefn Llys”
- Welsh: “Cefn-llys”
- Welsh: “Cefnllys”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cefnllys Castle”. Photo: Nigel Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.