Glasbury Motte
Glasbury Motte is a castle in Glasbury, Powys, Wales. Glasbury Motte is situated nearby to the hamlet Pipton, as well as near the village Three Cocks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maesyronnen Chapel and The Old Barn Inn.
Maesyronnen Chapel
Church
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Maesyronnen Chapel is about 1 mile north of the village of Glasbury, Powys, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building. The chapel is one of the earliest Nonconformist chapels to be built in Wales, and is the only chapel existing from that time to be largely unchanged and still in use as a chapel. Maesyronnen Chapel is situated 1¼ miles north of Glasbury Motte.
The Old Barn Inn
Pub
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The Old Barn Inn is a pub, which is situated 4,200 feet south of Glasbury Motte.
Gwernyfed High School
School
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Gwernyfed High School is an old manor house turned into a high school in the village of Three Cocks, Brecon, Powys, Wales. The school is an English-medium school educating students between 11 and 19 years old from a mainly rural catchment area. Gwernyfed High School is situated 1¼ miles south of Glasbury Motte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glasbury and Pipton.
Glasbury
Village
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Glasbury, also known as Glasbury-on-Wye, is a village and community in Powys, Wales. The village lies at an important crossing point on the River Wye, connecting the historic counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire, and is located just outside the Brecon Beacons National Park, north of the Black Mountains.
Pipton
Hamlet
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Pipton is a small settlement and part of the former community of Bronllys in Powys, Wales. It is in the ecclesiastical parish of Glasbury, St Peters. Pipton was formerly a civil parish in the historic county of Brecknockshire.
Three Cocks
Village
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Three Cocks or Aberllynfi is a village near Glasbury in Powys, Wales. The Welsh name refers to the mouth of the Afon Llynfi which enters the River Wye a mile from the village. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye some 5 miles to the northeast.
Glasbury Motte
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in the UK
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Glasbury, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Glasbury Motte” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Glasbury Motte”
- Swedish: “Glasbury Motte”
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