Lower Min y Llyn Motte

Lower Min y Llyn Motte is a castle in Forden with Leighton and Trelystan, Powys, Wales. Lower Min y Llyn Motte is situated nearby to the hamlet Forden, as well as near the village Berriew.

Type: Castle
Description: scheduled monument in Wales
Also known as: “Lower Min-y-Llyn Castle Mound”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Michael and All Angels and Forden Gaer.

Church of St Michael and All Angels

Church

Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a church in Forden, Powys, Wales, located about half a mile to the west of the road from Welshpool to Montgomery. Church of St Michael and All Angels is situated 1 mile east of Lower Min y Llyn Motte.

Forden Gaer

Archaeological site

Forden Gaer, Y Gaer, Caer Flos and Lavrobrinta are respective English, Welsh and possible Latin names for the Roman fort in the township of Thornbury, in the parish of Forden, in the old county of Montgomeryshire, which now forms part of Powys, Wales. Forden Gaer is situated 1¼ miles south of Lower Min y Llyn Motte.

Hen Domen

Forest

Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hen Domen is the site of a medieval timber motte-and-bailey castle in Powys, Wales. It is the site of the original Montgomery Castle, and was built by Roger de Montgomery in 1070. Hen Domen is situated 2 miles south of Lower Min y Llyn Motte.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forden and Berriew.

Forden

Hamlet

Photo: Gordon Cragg, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Forden is a village near Welshpool in Powys, Wales, formerly in the historic county of Montgomeryshire. It forms part of the community of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan with the neighbouring settlements of Trelystan, Leighton and Kingswood.

Berriew

Village

Photo: Tyssil, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Berriew is a village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. It is on the Montgomeryshire Canal and the Afon Rhiw, near the confluence with the River Severn at grid reference SJ185005, 79 miles from Cardiff and 151 miles from London.

Belan

Hamlet

Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belan is a hamlet, 3.5 miles southwest of Welshpool, in Powys, Wales. It belongs to the community of Welshpool. The Belan Locks, built around 1800 as part of the Montgomery Canal, are nearby. Belan is situated 2½ miles north of Lower Min y Llyn Motte.

Lower Min y Llyn Motte

Categories: motte, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Forden with Leighton and Trelystan, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.60078° or 52° 36′ 3″ north

Longitude

-3.16667° or 3° 10′ west

Elevation

279 feet (85 metres)

Open location code

9C4RJR2M+88

GeoNames ID

6286783

Wikidata ID

Q20599940

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lower Min y Llyn Motte” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Lower Min y Llyn Motte”
Swedish: “Lower Min y Llyn Motte”
Welsh: “Castell Min y Llyn Isa”
Welsh: “Lower Min-y-Llyn Castle Mound”

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