Hen Domen

Hen Domen is the site of a medieval timber motte-and-bailey castle in Powys, Wales. It is the site of the original Montgomery Castle, and was built by Roger de Montgomery in 1070.

Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Forest
Description: motte and bailey castle in Montgomery, Powys, Wales, UK
Also known as: “Baldwins Castle”, “Hen Domen Mound & Bailey Castle”, “Muntgumeri”, “Old Montgomery Castle”, and “Old Mound”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Montgomery Castle and Forden Gaer.

Montgomery Castle

Castle

Photo: Farwestern, CC BY 3.0.

Montgomery Castle is a stone castle looking over the town of Montgomery in Powys, Mid Wales. It is one of many Norman castles on the border between Wales and England.

Forden Gaer, Y Gaer, Caer Flos and Lavrobrinta are respective English, Welsh and possible Latin names for the Roman fort in the township of Thornbury, in the parish of Forden, in the old county of Montgomeryshire, which now forms part of Powys, Wales.

Ffridd Faldwyn

Archaeological site

Photo: Tyssul, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ffridd Faldwyn is an Iron Age hillfort in northern Powys, in the former county of Montgomeryshire, It is sited on a prominent hill west of Montgomery, close to but higher than Montgomery Castle, overlooking the River Severn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montgomery and Berriew.

Montgomery

Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Montgomery is a market town in Powys. Montgomery has retained an "unspoilt" feel, with some fine examples of Georgian and early Victorian architecture.

Berriew

Village

Photo: Tyssil, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Berriew is a village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. It is on the Montgomeryshire Canal and the Afon Rhiw, near the confluence with the River Severn at grid reference SJ185005, 79 miles from Cardiff and 151 miles from London.

Forden

Hamlet

Photo: Gordon Cragg, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Forden is a village near Welshpool in Powys, Wales, formerly in the historic county of Montgomeryshire. It forms part of the community of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan with the neighbouring settlements of Trelystan, Leighton and Kingswood.

Hen Domen

Categories: castle, motte-and-bailey castle, archaeological site, and historic site
Location: Montgomeryshire, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.5744° or 52° 34′ 28″ north

Longitude

-3.1615° or 3° 9′ 42″ west

Open location code

9C4RHRFQ+Q9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 408198696

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

Wikidata ID

Q5712905

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Hen Domen” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Hen Domen”
Swedish: “Hen Domen”
Welsh: “Hen Domen”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Montgomery and Montgomery Fire & Rescue Station.

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