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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Heniarth railway station and Cyfronydd Hall.
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.
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.
Ysgol Meifod
School
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. Ysgol Meifod is situated 2½ miles north 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″ northLongitude
-3.25712° or 3° 15′ 26″ westElevation
676 feet (206 metres)Open location code
9C4RMPGV+85GeoNames ID
6286746
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