Castell Dinas
Castell Dinas is a hillfort and castle in southern Powys, Wales. At 450 m it has the highest castle in England and Wales. It is positioned to defend the Rhiangoll pass between Talgarth and Crickhowell.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jasperfforde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Dragon’s Back and Mynydd Troed.
Mynydd Troed
Peak
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mynydd Troed is a hill in the Black Mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, south Wales. Its name literally translates to "Foot Mountain," based how it appears when viewed from the Allt Mawr ridge.
Mynydd Llysiau
Peak
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mynydd Llysiau is a subsidiary summit of Waun Fach in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It lies halfway between Waun Fach and Pen Allt-mawr. It is a distinguished summit with a steep eastern face.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pengenffordd and Trefeca.
Pengenffordd
Hamlet
Pengenffordd is a hamlet located in the community of Talgarth, in the Brecknockshire area of south Powys. It is 33 miles from Cardiff and 135 miles from London.
Trefeca
Hamlet
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trefeca, located between Talgarth and Llangorse Lake in what is now south Powys in Wales, was the birthplace and home of the 18th-century Methodist leader Howell Harris.
Llanelieu
Hamlet
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanelieu is a small settlement and former civil parish in Powys, Wales on the northern edge of the Black Mountains within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Castell Dinas
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,476 feet
- Description: castle in Powys
- Categories: castle, ruins, historic site, and landform
- Location: Talgarth, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.96321° or 51° 57′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.19663° or 3° 11′ 48″ westElevation
1,476 feet (450 metres)Open location code
9C3RXR73+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 299513064OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12613429Wikidata ID
Q5049671
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Castell Dinas” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Castell Dinas”
- Dutch: “Castell Dinas”
- French: “Castell Dinas”
- German: “Castell Dinas”
- Italian: “Castell Dinas”
- Swedish: “Castell Dinas”
- Welsh: “Castell Dinas”
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Highlights include Moriah Chapel and Pen y Grib.
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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 “Castell Dinas”. Photo: Jasperfforde, CC BY-SA 3.0.