Tomen y Castell
Tomen y Castell is a castle in Dolwyddelan, Conwy, Wales. Tomen y Castell is situated nearby to Dolwyddelan Castle, as well as near the village Cwm Penmachno.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Dolwyddelan, Conwy County Borough, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Tomen Castell” and “Tomen Castell, Old Dolwyddelan”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dolwyddelan Castle and Dolwyddelan railway station.
Dolwyddelan Castle
Castle
Dolwyddelan Castle is a thirteenth-century castle located west of Dolwyddelan in Conwy County Borough, Wales. Tomen Castell, a late twelfth-century tower, is located south-east of the castle. Dolwyddelan Castle is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Tomen y Castell.
Dolwyddelan railway station
Railway station
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dolwyddelan railway station is a passenger station in the Lledr Valley, Wales, on the Conwy Valley Line from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog, which is operated by Transport for Wales Rail. Dolwyddelan railway station is situated 4,200 feet east of Tomen y Castell.
Roman Bridge railway station
Railway station
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roman Bridge railway station is a request stop passenger station in the Lledr Valley, Wales, on the Conwy Valley Line from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog, which is operated by Transport for Wales Rail. Roman Bridge railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Tomen y Castell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwm Penmachno and Capel Curig.
Cwm Penmachno
Village
Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwm Penmachno is a village at the head of Cwm Machno in North Wales. Cwm Penmachno is situated 3½ miles southeast of Tomen y Castell.
Capel Curig
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Capel Curig is a village in the county borough of Conwy, popular with climbers and hillwalkers due to its location in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park.
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blaenau Ffestiniog is a small town in the Snowdonia Mountains in Wales. Blaenau Ffestiniog is a former slate-mining village and consists of one main road with all the others leading off it. Many visitors come to ride the historic narrow-gauge railway.
Tomen y Castell
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, castle ruin, archaeological site, motte, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dolwyddelan, Conwy, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.0515° or 53° 3′ 5″ northLongitude
-3.90389° or 3° 54′ 14″ westElevation
525 feet (160 metres)Open location code
9C5R332W+HCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1335935750OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Tomen y Castell” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tomen Castell”
- German: “Tomen Castell”
- German: “Tomen y Castell”
- Swedish: “Tomen Castell”
- Welsh: “Tomen Castell”
- Welsh: “Tomen y Castell”
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