Aber Castle Mound

Aber Castle Mound is an archaeological site in Aber, Gwynedd, Wales. Aber Castle Mound is situated nearby to the village Abergwyngregyn, as well as near the house Pen y Bryn.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pen y Bryn and Aber Falls.

Pen y Bryn

House

Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pen y Bryn is a two-storey manor house, in Abergwyngregyn, Gwynedd, in north-west Wales, adjacent to the A55, five miles east of Bangor and eight miles west of Conwy. Pen y Bryn is situated 650 feet northeast of Aber Castle Mound.

Aber Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Aber Falls is a waterfall located about two miles south of the village of Abergwyngregyn, Gwynedd, Wales. The waterfall is formed as the Afon Goch plunges about 120 feet over a sill of igneous rock in the foothills of the Carneddau range. Aber Falls is situated 2 miles southeast of Aber Castle Mound.

Llanfairfechan railway station

Railway station

Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Llanfairfechan railway station serves the town of Llanfairfechan in the Conwy County Borough of North Wales, and is located on the Crewe to Holyhead North Wales Coast Line. Llanfairfechan railway station is situated 2 miles northeast of Aber Castle Mound.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abergwyngregyn and Llanfairfechan.

Abergwyngregyn

Village

Abergwyngregyn is a village and community of historical note in Gwynedd, a county and principal area in Wales. Under its historic name of Aber Garth Celyn it was the seat of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.

Llanfairfechan

Photo: Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0.

Llanfairfechan is a small Victorian seaside resort in the county borough of Conwy in North Wales. Llanfairfechan was judged North Wales Calor Village of the Year for 2009 in the competition run by Calor Gas UK.

Talybont

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Talybont, is a small village to the southeast of the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, north Wales, in the community of Llanllechid, and next to Llandygai. It had a population of 465 as of 2011. Talybont is situated 3½ miles west of Aber Castle Mound.

Aber Castle Mound

Type: Archaeological site
Also known as: “Castle Mound”
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Aber, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.23397° or 53° 14′ 2″ north

Longitude

-4.0145° or 4° 0′ 52″ west

Elevation

112 feet (34 metres)

Open location code

9C5Q6XMP+H5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3327627028

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

GeoNames ID

6286848

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