Garth-lwyd

Garth-lwyd is a hill in Llanfair Caereinion, Powys, Wales and has an elevation of 728 feet. Garth-lwyd is situated nearby to the hamlet Melin-y-ddôl, as well as near Glascoed.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pentre Camp and Heniarth railway station.

Pentre Camp

Archaeological site

Photo: Martin Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pentre Camp is an Iron Age hillfort, near the hamlet of Llangynyw and about 2.5 miles north-east of Llanfair Caereinion, in Powys, Wales. It is a scheduled monument.

Heniarth Halt railway station is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway serving the hamlet of Heniarth. This station is a request halt and lies 6+3⁄4 miles from Welshpool's Raven Square terminus. Heniarth railway station is situated 1½ miles east of Garth-lwyd.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llangynyw and Pontrobert.

Llangynyw

Hamlet

Photo: John Ingleby (painter), Public domain.

Llangynyw is a hamlet and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, mid Wales. It is located on a hill inside a bend in the River Banwy, approximately two miles north-east of Llanfair Caereinion. Llangynyw is situated 2 miles east of Garth-lwyd.

Pontrobert

Village

Photo: John Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pontrobert is an ecclesiastical parish that was formed in September 1854. It comprises the townships of Teirtref and part of Nantymeichiaid in the parish Meifod, a portion of Cynhinfa which was in the parish of Llangynyw and portions of the townships of Fachwel, Llaethbwlch and Cadwnfa which were in the parish of Llanfihangel. Pontrobert is situated 2½ miles north of Garth-lwyd.

Pont Dolanog

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Dolanog or Pont Dolanog is an ecclesiastical parish or chapelry that was formed in October 1856. It comprises the townships of Dolwar in Llanfihangel portions of Coedtalog in Llanerfyl, Cynhinfa in Llangyniew and Gwaunynog in Llanfair Caereinion. Pont Dolanog is situated 3½ miles northwest of Garth-lwyd.

Garth-lwyd

Type: Hill with an elevation of 728 feet
Category: landform
Location: Llanfair Caereinion, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.6662° or 52° 39′ 58″ north

Longitude

-3.33606° or 3° 20′ 10″ west

Elevation

728 feet (222 metres)

Open location code

9C4RMM87+FH

GeoNames ID

12615284

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