Cefn Du Motte

Cefn Du Motte is a castle in Guilsfield, Powys, Wales. Cefn Du Motte is situated nearby to the hamlet Llangynyw, as well as near the village Meifod.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Heniarth railway station and Pentre Camp.

Heniarth railway station

Railway station

Heniarth Halt railway station is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway serving the hamlet of Heniarth. This station is a request halt and lies 6+3⁄4 miles from Welshpool's Raven Square terminus. Heniarth railway station is situated 2 miles southwest of Cefn Du Motte.

Pentre Camp

Archaeological site

Photo: Martin Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pentre Camp is an Iron Age hillfort, near the hamlet of Llangynyw and about 2.5 miles north-east of Llanfair Caereinion, in Powys, Wales. It is a scheduled monument. Pentre Camp is situated 2 miles west of Cefn Du Motte.

Cyfronydd Hall

House

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Cyfronydd Hall is a Welsh country house located on the A458 road between Welshpool and the hamlet of Cyfronydd, Llanfair Caereinion. It was built in about 1865 for the Pryce Jones family after an earlier hall on the site burned down. Cyfronydd Hall is situated 1 mile southwest of Cefn Du Motte.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llangynyw and Meifod.

Llangynyw

Hamlet

Photo: John Ingleby (painter), Public domain.

Llangynyw is a hamlet and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, mid Wales. It is located on a hill inside a bend in the River Banwy, approximately two miles north-east of Llanfair Caereinion. Llangynyw is situated 1½ miles west of Cefn Du Motte.

Meifod

Village

Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Meifod, formerly also written Meivod, is a small village, community and electoral ward seven miles north-west of Welshpool in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, on the A495 road and located in the valley of the River Vyrnwy. Meifod is situated 2½ miles north of Cefn Du Motte.

Castle Caereinion

Village

Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castle Caereinion is a small village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, upon the River Banwy, around 8 miles west of Welshpool, and 4 miles east of Llanfair Caereinion. Castle Caereinion is situated 2½ miles south of Cefn Du Motte.

Cefn Du Motte

Type: Castle
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Guilsfield, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.67582° or 52° 40′ 33″ north

Longitude

-3.25712° or 3° 15′ 26″ west

Elevation

676 feet (206 metres)

Open location code

9C4RMPGV+85

GeoNames ID

6286746

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