Pen y Cae

Pen y Cae is a building in Vale of Grwyney, Powys, Wales. Pen y Cae is situated nearby to the meadow Ffawyddog-fawr, as well as near the peak Bal-Bach.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pen Twyn Mawr and Llanthony Priory.

Pen Twyn Mawr

Peak

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Pen Twyn Mawr is a top of Pen y Gadair Fawr in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It lies on one of the many south ridges of Waun Fach. The summit is marked by a pile of stones in an area of sandy soil and heather. Pen y Gadair Fawr is to the north, Chwarel y Fan to the east and Pen Allt-mawr to the west. Pen Twyn Mawr is situated 1½ miles west of Pen y Cae.

Llanthony Priory

Monastery

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Llanthony Priory is a partly ruined former Augustinian priory in the secluded Vale of Ewyas, a steep-sided once-glaciated valley within the Black Mountains area of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. Llanthony Priory is situated 2 miles northeast of Pen y Cae.

Chwarel y Fan

Peak

Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.

Chwarel y Fan is a peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It is the highest rise on the long ridge which extends southeastwards from Rhos Dirion. Chwarel y Fan is situated 2 miles north of Pen y Cae.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llanthony and Cwmyoy.

Llanthony

Village

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llanthony is a village in the community of Crucorney on the northern edge of Monmouthshire, South East Wales, United Kingdom. Llanthony is situated 1½ miles northeast of Pen y Cae.

Cwmyoy

Hamlet

Photo: John Thorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cwmyoy is an extensive rural parish in Monmouthshire, Wales. The standard Welsh name is Cwm Iau or Cwm-iau. In the Gwentian dialect of Welsh that was spoken here until the late 1800s, the name was pronounced as Cwm Iou. Cwmyoy is situated 2½ miles southeast of Pen y Cae.

Gaer

Locality

Photo: Jasperfforde, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gaer is the name of a hill in the Black Mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south Wales. It lies at the southern end of the long ridge between the valley of the Grwyne Fawr and the Vale of Ewyas, one mile north of Bryn Arw and three miles northeast of Sugarloaf. Gaer is situated 3 miles southeast of Pen y Cae.

Pen y Cae

Type: Building
Location: Vale of Grwyney, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.92739° or 51° 55′ 39″ north

Longitude

-3.06867° or 3° 4′ 7″ west

Levels

Open location code

9C3RWWGJ+XG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1370913609

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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