Hafod y Bwch
Hafod y Bwch is a castle in Esclusham, Wrexham, Wales. Hafod y Bwch is situated nearby to the hamlet Pentre Bychan, as well as near Bonc yr Hafod Country Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: round barrow in Esclusham, Wrexham County Borough, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Barrow north east of Rhosllanechrugog”, “Hadfod-y-Bwlch Round Barrow”, “Hafod y Bwch round barrow”, “Hafod-y-Bwch”, and “Hafod-y-Bwlch Round Barrow”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bonc yr Hafod Country Park and Church of the Holy Trinity.
Bonc yr Hafod Country Park
Park
Bonc yr Hafod is a country park, on the former site of Hafod Colliery, near Johnstown and Pentre Bychan in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The country park is centred on a former spoil tip hill, known locally as "Picnic Mountain", rising up 150 metres. Bonc yr Hafod Country Park is situated 2,800 feet south of Hafod y Bwch.
Church of the Holy Trinity
Church
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of the Holy Trinity is situated 3,700 feet northeast of Hafod y Bwch.
Erddig Hall
Museum
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Erddig is a country house and estate in the community of Marchwiel, approximately 2 miles south of Wrexham, Wales. It is centred on a country house which dates principally from between 1684 and 1687, when the central block was built by Joshua Edisbury, and the 1720s, when the flanking wings were added by its second owner, John Meller. Erddig Hall is situated 1¼ miles east of Hafod y Bwch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pentre Bychan and Rhostyllen.
Pentre Bychan
Hamlet
Photo: Ian Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pentre Bychan is a semi-rural hamlet in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. Variously spelled as either one word or two, it is situated between Rhostyllen and Johnstown in the ward and community of Esclusham, some 4 km south-west of Wrexham city centre.
Rhostyllen
Village
Photo: Paul Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhostyllen is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, south-west of the city of Wrexham. At the time of the 2001 census, area Wrexham 014A, which includes Rhostyllen itself, had a population of 1,383 in 599 households.
Ponciau
Village
Photo: Jaseman125, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ponciau is a village within the community of Rhosllanerchrugog, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is close to the villages of Legacy, Pentre Bychan, and Johnstown and is overlooked by Ruabon Mountain.
Hafod y Bwch
- Categories: round barrow, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Esclusham, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Hafod y Bwch” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hafod y Bwch”
- Swedish: “Hafod y Bwch”
- Welsh: “Crug Hafod y Bwlch”
- Welsh: “Hafod y Bwch”
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