Anchor
Anchor is a remote hamlet in southwest Shropshire, England. The hamlet is the most westerly place in Shropshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: hamlet in Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Anchor, Shropshire”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bryn Amlwg Castle and Cantlin Stone.
Bryn Amlwg Castle
Archaeological site
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Bryn Amlwg Castle was an enclosure castle near Anchor, Shropshire, abutting the England–Wales border. It is a scheduled monument, listed in 1930. This was an enclosure castle of the 12th and 13th centuries, and had towers and a gatehouse. Bryn Amlwg Castle is situated 1 mile southwest of Anchor.
Cantlin Stone
Memorial
The Cantlin Stone is a rough stone approximately two feet across with an inscription recording the death of one Willam Cantlin there, and the fact that he was buried at Bettws. Cantlin Stone is situated 2 miles northeast of Anchor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bettws-y-Crwyn and Glanmule.
Bettws-y-Crwyn
Hamlet
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bettws-y-Crwyn is a small, remote village and civil parish in south-west Shropshire, England. It is close to the England–Wales border and is one of a number of English villages to have a Welsh language placename. Bettws-y-Crwyn is situated 3 miles southeast of Anchor.
Glanmule
Hamlet
Glanmule is a small village in the north of Powys, Wales. It is located in Montgomeryshire, approximately 2.5 miles to the east of Newtown. It stands at the junction of the B4368 and A489 roads, two miles from the Welsh-English border. Glanmule is situated 3 miles north of Anchor.
Anchor
- Categories: hamlet, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bettws-y-Crwyn, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Anchor” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Anchor (kastilyo)”
- Dutch: “Anchor”
- French: “Anchor”
- Irish: “Anchor”
- Polish: “Anchor”
- Swedish: “Anchor (slott)”
- Welsh: “Anchor, Swydd Amwythig”
- Welsh: “Anchor”
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