Coed y Gaer
Coed y Gaer is a deciduous forest in Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine, Powys, Wales. Access is restricted and requires permission. Coed y Gaer is situated nearby to the village Cwmdu, as well as near the locality Troed-y-rhiw.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tretower Castle and Pen Allt-mawr.
Tretower Castle
Castle
Photo: Pete Chapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tretower Castle is a Grade I-listed ruined castle in the village of Tretower in the county of Powys, Wales. It was built around the beginning of the twelfth century as a motte and bailey castle and this was probably replaced mid-century by a stone shell keep.
Pen Allt-mawr
Peak
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen Allt-mawr is a 719 metres high subsidiary summit of Waun Fach and the third highest peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. A very recognisable and prominent peak of the Black Mountains, it lies near the end of the more westerly of Waun Fach's two broad southern ridges.
Blaenllynfi Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blaenllynfi Castle is a privately owned ruinous stone castle near the village of Bwlch in southern Powys, Wales. It was probably built in the early thirteenth century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llangynidr and Bwlch.
Llangynidr
Village
Photo: Keith Salvesen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangynidr is a village, community and electoral ward in Powys, Wales, about 4 miles west of Crickhowell and 9 miles south-east of Brecon. The River Usk flows through the village as does the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.
Bwlch
Village
Photo: Malcra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bwlch is a village and an electoral ward in the community of Cwmdu and District, Powys, south Wales. The settlement is strung out along the A40 road which crosses a low col above the Usk Valley at this point on its route between Brecon and Crickhowell.
Llangors
Village
Photo: Simon Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangors is a small village, community and electoral ward in southern Powys, in the historic county of Brecknockshire, within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Coed y Gaer
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.91° or 51° 54′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.1976° or 3° 11′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C3RWR62+2XOpenStreetMap ID
way 388997974OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cwmdu and Troed-y-rhiw.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Coed-y-Gaer Hillfort and Cwmdu Village Hall.
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