Mid Wales
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Bronllys

Bronllys Castle

Bronllys Castle is a motte and bailey fortress standing south of , towards in , Wales. The original castle, constructed of wood, was founded in or soon after 1100 by Richard Fitz Pons, the owner of the nearby Herefordshire barony of Clifford, who was a supporter of Bernard of Neufmarché.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: Grade I listed castle in Powys, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Castell Bronllys” and “Keep at Bronllys Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bronllys Hospital and Pwll y wrach.

Hospital
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a health facility in , Wales. It is managed by Powys Teaching Health Board. The Basil Webb Hall and the Chapel are Grade II listed buildings. is situated 1 mile west of Bronllys Castle.

Waterfall
or is a feature on the near in south , Wales. The river plunges in two separate streams over a lip of hard rock into a pool scoured in the softer mudstones of the underlying Raglan Mudstone formation. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Bronllys Castle.

Church
Photo: GeraintTudur2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 1½ miles south of Bronllys Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bronllys and Talgarth.

Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and community situated in , Wales, nestled between the towns of and . The village is part of the historic county of Brecknockshire and serves as an electoral ward for Powys County Council.

Village
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is a market town, community and electoral ward in southern , , about 12 miles north of , 19 miles north-east of and 15 miles south-east of .

Hamlet
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, located between and in what is now south in , was the birthplace and home of the 18th-century Methodist leader Howell Harris. is situated 1½ miles south of Bronllys Castle.

Bronllys Castle

Latitude
52.00361° or 52° 0′ 13″ north
Longitude
-3.24059° or 3° 14′ 26″ west
Elevation
410 feet (125 metres)
Open location code
9C4R2Q35+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 441495856
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6287124
Wiki­data ID
Q17743079
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Welsh—“Bronllys Castle” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Kastell Bronllys”
  • Cebuano: “Bronllys Castle”
  • Danish: “Bronllys Castle”
  • German: “Bronllys Castle”
  • Swedish: “Bronllys Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell Bronllys”

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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 “Bronllys Castle”. Photo: Keith Salvesen, CC BY-SA 2.0.