Carndochan Castle
Carndochan Castle is a ruined stone castle near Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, north Wales. It was probably built in the early thirteenth century and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Llanuwchllyn railway station and St Deiniol’s Church.
Llanuwchllyn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Llanuwchllyn railway station in the village of Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, Wales, was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line. It closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965 at the same time as the rest of the line, but subsequently reopened in 1972 as the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Bala Lake Railway. Llanuwchllyn railway station is situated 2 miles east of Carndochan Castle.
St Deiniol’s Church
Church
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Deiniol’s Church is situated 1½ miles east of Carndochan Castle.
Caer Gai
House
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Caer Gai is a Grade II listed Roman fort in the district of Penllyn, Gwynedd, Wales, UK. It is located about 1 mile or 1.6 km north of the village of Llanuwchllyn, and the same distance west of Llyn Tegid. Caer Gai is situated 2 miles east of Carndochan Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanuwchllyn and Parc.
Llanuwchllyn
Village
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Llanuwchllyn is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, near the southern end of Llyn Tegid. It is one of the most sparsely populated communities in Wales. Llanuwchllyn is situated 1½ miles east of Carndochan Castle.
Parc
Village
Photo: Rick Crowley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parc is a village, which is situated 2½ miles northeast of Carndochan Castle.
Llangywer
Village
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Llangywer is a community near Bala, Gwynedd, Wales. It is in the historic county of Merionethshire, and is located on the south side of Llyn Tegid. In 2011 the population of Llangywer was 260, with 67.2% of them able to speak Welsh. Llangywer is situated 3½ miles east of Carndochan Castle.
Carndochan Castle
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: 13th-century castle
- Categories: castle, Welsh princes‘ castles, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.86112° or 52° 51′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.71388° or 3° 42′ 50″ westElevation
1,089 feet (332 metres)Open location code
9C4RV76P+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1041695062OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Carndochan Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Castell Carndochan”
- Danish: “Carndochan Castle”
- Swedish: “Castell Carndochan”
- Welsh: “Carndochan”
- Welsh: “Castell Carn Dochan”
- Welsh: “Castell Carndochan”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Carndochan Castle”. Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.