Gwastedyn Hill
Gwastedyn Hill is a hill in Nantmel, Powys, Wales and has an elevation of 1,565 feet. Gwastedyn Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Nant Glas, as well as near Gaufron.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rhayader Castle and Rhayader Museum and Gallery.
Rhayader Castle
Castle
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhayader Castle is the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle in the town of Rhayader, Powys, Wales. The available documentary sources are not clear enough to distinguish between this site and the castle mound across the river and one or the other was probably built by Rhys ap Gruffydd, Prince of Deheubarth, in 1177. Rhayader Castle is situated 1½ miles northwest of Gwastedyn Hill.
Rhayader Library
Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhayader Library is situated 1½ miles northwest of Gwastedyn Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nant Glas and Rhayader.
Nant Glas
Hamlet
Photo: Stuart Wilding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nant Glas is a village in the Elan Valley near Rhayader and Llandrindod Wells in Powys, Wales. It is on a side road between the A44 to the northeast and the A470 to the southwest.
Rhayader
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Rhayader is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, within the historic county of Radnorshire. The town is 20 miles from the source of the River Wye on Plynlimon, the highest point of the Cambrian Mountains, and is located at the junction of the A470 road and the A44 road 13 miles north of Builth Wells and 30 miles east of Aberystwyth.
Llanwrthwl
Village
Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanwrthwl is a village and community in Powys, mid Wales, and the historic county of Brecknockshire. Llanwrthwl lies off the A470 road, north by road from Builth Wells and Newbridge-on-Wye and south of Rhayader. Llanwrthwl is situated 1½ miles southwest of Gwastedyn Hill.
Gwastedyn Hill
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,565 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Nantmel, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.28409° or 52° 17′ 3″ northLongitude
-3.48672° or 3° 29′ 12″ westElevation
1,565 feet (477 metres)Open location code
9C4R7GM7+J8GeoNames ID
12607671
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