Pentre Camp

Pentre Camp is an Iron Age hillfort, near the hamlet of and about 2.5 miles north-east of , in , Wales. It is a scheduled monument.
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Photo: Martin Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: hillfort in Powys, Wales
  • Also known as: “Pen-Y-Castell”, “Pen-Y-Gorddin”, and “Pentre Camp, Llangyniew”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Heniarth railway station and Church of St Mary.

Railway station
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. is situated 1 mile southeast of Pentre Camp.

Church
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 2 miles south of Pentre Camp.

House
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a Welsh country house located on the A458 road between and the hamlet of Cyfronydd, . It was built in about 1865 for the Pryce Jones family after an earlier hall on the site burned down. is situated 2 miles southeast of Pentre Camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llangynyw and Pontrobert.

Hamlet
Photo: John Ingleby (painter), Public domain.
is a hamlet and community in , , mid . It is located on a hill inside a bend in the , approximately two miles north-east of .

Village
Photo: John Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an ecclesiastical parish that was formed in September 1854. It comprises the townships of Teirtref and part of Nantymeichiaid in the parish , a portion of Cynhinfa which was in the parish of and portions of the townships of Fachwel, Llaethbwlch and Cadwnfa which were in the parish of . is situated 2 miles north of Pentre Camp.

is a small town in , east central upon the River Banwy, around 8 miles west of . It had a population of 1,800. The town is built upon the site of an old Roman fort.

Pentre Camp

Latitude
52.67664° or 52° 40′ 36″ north
Longitude
-3.30679° or 3° 18′ 24″ west
Open location code
9C4RMMGV+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1564082750
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q13126348
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In Other Languages

“Pentre Camp” goes by many names.
  • Welsh: “Bryngaer Heniarth, Pentre”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pen-Y-Pentre Caravan Park and Fir View Tan Y Ffridd Holiday Park.

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