South Wales
Carmarthenshire
Llandeilo

Dinefwr Castle

Dinefwr Castle is a ruined castle overlooking the River Towy near the town of , , . It lies on a ridge on the northern bank of the Towy, with a steep drop of one hundred feet to the river.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Grade I listed building in Llandeilo.
  • Also known as: “Castell Dinefwr”, “Dynevor Castle”, and “Old Dynevor Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dinefwr Park National Nature Reserve and Dinefwr Castle Museum.

Park
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an 800 acres estate about a mile from the centre of in owned by the National Trust, with a mansion in the centre. is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Dinefwr Castle.

Museum
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is situated 2,800 feet north of Dinefwr Castle.

Church
Photo: Gerry Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Tyfi's Church is the former of Llandyfeisant, near and part of the Dinefwr Park estate in , . It was dedicated to the Welsh saint Tyfei, nephew of Saint Teilo. is situated 3,800 feet northeast of Dinefwr Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ffairfach and Llangathen.

Village
Photo: Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village one-half mile south of the market town of in the eastern part of , Wales. It is close to the confluence of the Afon Cennen and the River Towy. Population is 516 according to 2017 census.

Village
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is a village and community located in , Wales. The community includes the hamlet of Cilsân. The population taken at the 2011 census was 507. is situated 1½ miles west of Dinefwr Castle.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the south-east of , , historically situated in the parish of , north of . It is around halfway between Ammanford and , at a rural crossroads between the A483 and A476 roads. is situated 2½ miles south of Dinefwr Castle.

Dinefwr Castle

Latitude
51.87681° or 51° 52′ 37″ north
Longitude
-4.0185° or 4° 1′ 7″ west
Elevation
266 feet (81 metres)
Open location code
9C3QVXGJ+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 90370065
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
6287114
Wiki­data ID
Q2713117
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Dinefwr Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Dinefwr gaztelua”
  • Breton: “Kastell Dinefwr”
  • Cebuano: “Dinefwr Castle”
  • Danish: “Dinefwr Castle”
  • Dutch: “Dinefwr Castle”
  • French: “château de Dinefwr”
  • French: “Château de Dinefwr”
  • German: “Dinefwr Castle”
  • Hebrew: “טירת דינוור”
  • Italian: “castello di Dinefwr”
  • Italian: “Castello di Dinefwr”
  • Italian: “Il castello di Dinefwr Castle”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dinefwr Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Dinefwr Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Dinefwr”
  • Russian: “Замок Диневур”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Dinefwr”
  • Swedish: “Dinefwr Castle”
  • Uzbek: “Dinevur qalʻasi”
  • Welsh: “Castell Dinefwr”

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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 “Dinefwr Castle”. Photo: Andrew Bone, CC BY 2.0.