Mid Wales
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Old Radnor

Burfa Castle

Burfa Castle is an Iron Age hillfort near the tiny town of , in , . The site is a scheduled monument described as a prehistoric defensive hillfort, and was included in an inventory of monuments by 1913.
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Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: hillfort in Powys, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Burfa Bank”, “Burfa Bank Hill Fort”, “Burfa Camp”, “Burfa Hillfort”, and “Burva Bank”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Knill and Walton.

Hamlet
Photo: Whatlep, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England.

Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , Wales, 1,300 yards west from the border with , England. The village is 3 miles east from on the A44 road. is situated 2 miles southwest of Burfa Castle.

Hamlet
is a small village in , England. It lies about 1 mile north-east of . The population of the civil parish was 131 at the 2011 census. is situated 2 miles southeast of Burfa Castle.

Burfa Castle

Latitude
52.24283° or 52° 14′ 34″ north
Longitude
-3.04796° or 3° 2′ 53″ west
Open location code
9C4R6XV2+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4865199487
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q4998470
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In Other Languages

“Burfa Castle” goes by many names.
  • Welsh: “Burfa Bank”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Michael & All Angels and Burfa Bog.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Knill Farm and Burfa Farm.

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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 “Burfa Castle”. Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.