Cadwgan Castle
Cadwgan Castle is a castle in Esclusham, Wrexham, Wales. Cadwgan Castle is situated nearby to the electrical substation Legacy substation, as well as near the ruins Bersham Ironworks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: scheduled monument in Wales
- Also known as: “Cadwgan Hall Mound” and “Plas Cadwgan Mound”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bersham Ironworks and Legacy substation.
Bersham Ironworks
Ruins
Photo: Born Acorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bersham Ironworks was a large ironworks at Bersham, near Wrexham, Wales. The original working site of John Wilkinson, it was the first site in the world to use a new way of boring holes in cannon and steam engine cylinders. Bersham Ironworks is situated 3,200 feet northeast of Cadwgan Castle.
Legacy substation
Electrical substation
Photo: David Neale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Legacy substation is an electrical substation, which is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Cadwgan Castle.
Church of the Holy Trinity
Church
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of the Holy Trinity is situated 1 mile east of Cadwgan Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bersham and Aberoer.
Bersham
Village
Photo: John Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bersham is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, that lies next to the River Clywedog, and is in the community of Esclusham. Bersham was historically a major industrial centre of the area, but despite this the village still retains a rural feeling.
Aberoer
Hamlet
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberoer or Aber-oer is a scattered settlement in Wrexham County Borough, Wales; prior to 1974 it was in Denbighshire. It is part of the community area of Esclusham, and is situated on the rural slopes of Esclusham Mountain above 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.
Cadwgan Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, motte, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Esclusham, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Cadwgan Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Plas Cadwgan Mound”
- Swedish: “Plas Cadwgan Mound”
- Welsh: “Cadwgan Hall Mound”
- Welsh: “Castell Cadwgan”
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