Llandovery Castle
Llandovery Castle is a late thirteenth-century, Grade II*-listed, castle ruin in the town of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It occupies a knoll overlooking the River Towy and the land surrounding it.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stuart Logan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Post Office and Castle Hotel.
The Post Office
Post office
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Post Office is situated 430 feet north of Llandovery Castle.
Castle Hotel
Pub
Photo: Sandy Gerrard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Hotel is a pub, which is situated 340 feet northwest of Llandovery Castle.
Lewis Memorial Fountain
Memorial
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lewis Memorial Fountain is situated 460 feet north of Llandovery Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Myddfai and Cilycwm.
Myddfai
Village
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llandovery is an historic market town in Carmarthenshire, on the edge of the Black Mountain, and on the border between Mid Wales and South Wales. Myddfai is situated 2½ miles south of Llandovery Castle.
Cilycwm
Village
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cilycwm is a village, parish and community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 487. Cilycwm lies on the west bank of Afon Gwenlais, a tributary of the River Towy, north of the town of Llandovery. Cilycwm is situated 3½ miles north of Llandovery Castle.
Llanwrda
Village
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanwrda is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, 4 miles southwest of Llandovery. It lies on the River Towy. The population in 2011 was 514. Llanwrda is situated 4 miles southwest of Llandovery Castle.
Llandovery Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.99278° or 51° 59′ 34″ northLongitude
-3.79643° or 3° 47′ 47″ westElevation
220 feet (67 metres)Open location code
9C3RX6V3+4COpenStreetMap ID
way 366867403OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Llandovery Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Llandovery Castle”
- Danish: “Llandovery Castle”
- Dutch: “Kasteel Llandovery”
- Dutch: “Llandovery Castle”
- Finnish: “Llandoveryn linna”
- French: “château de Llandovery”
- French: “Château de Llandovery”
- French: “Llandovery Castle”
- German: “Llandovery Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Llandovery”
- Swedish: “Llandovery Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Llanymddyfri”
- Welsh: “Llandovery Castle”
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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 “Llandovery Castle”. Photo: Stuart Logan, CC BY-SA 2.0.