Tomen y Castell
Tomen y Castell is an archaeological site in Gwyddelwern, Denbighshire, Wales. Tomen y Castell is situated nearby to the school Ysgol Bro Elwern, as well as near the village Clawdd Poncen.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: possible castle in Gwyddelwern, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Tomen y Castell, Gwyddelwern”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ysgol Bro Elwern and Caer Drewyn.
Ysgol Bro Elwern
School
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ysgol Bro Elwern is a school, which is situated 2,700 feet north of Tomen y Castell.
Caer Drewyn
Archaeological site
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Caer Drewyn is an early Iron Age hillfort to the north of the town of Corwen, Denbighshire. It has a large stone rampart with entrances on the west and north sides; there is a guard chamber within the north-east entrance, and it has a deep defensive ditch. Caer Drewyn is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Tomen y Castell.
Capel y Rug
Church
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Capel y Rug is a church, which is situated 1¼ miles south of Tomen y Castell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clawdd Poncen and Corwen.
Clawdd Poncen
Village
Clawdd Poncen is a village in Denbighshire, Wales, approximately 1.3 miles northwest of Corwen, on the opposite bank of the River Dee. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 300.
Corwen
Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corwen is a town and community in the county of Denbighshire in Wales. Historically, Corwen was part of the county of Merionethshire. Corwen stands on the banks of the River Dee beneath the Berwyn mountains.
Rhug
Locality
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Rhug is a township in the parish of Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales, formerly in the old cantref of Edeirnion and later a part of Merionethshire, two miles from Corwen and ten miles north east of Bala. Rhug is situated 1½ miles southwest of Tomen y Castell.
Tomen y Castell
- Categories: castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Gwyddelwern, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.00087° or 53° 0′ 3″ northLongitude
-3.38379° or 3° 23′ 2″ westElevation
571 feet (174 metres)Open location code
9C5R2J28+8FOpenStreetMap ID
node 4723143923OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Tomen y Castell” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tomen y Castell”
- Swedish: “Tomen y Castell”
- Welsh: “Tomen y Castell”
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