Morlais Castle
Morlais Castle is a 13th-century castle located above the Taff Gorge near the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales.Photo: Gibbinskaren, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: hillfort in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales
- Also known as: “Castell Morlais”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pant railway station and Pant Cemetery.
Pant railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pant railway station was a station which served Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, in the historic Welsh county of Glamorgan, now Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. It was the junction at which the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Railway line from Pontsticill in the North split to serve the Dowlais Central and Dowlais Top lines. Pant railway station is situated 3,300 feet east of Morlais Castle.
Pant Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pant Cemetery is situated 3,600 feet east of Morlais Castle.
Pen y Dre High School
School
Pen y Dre High School is an 11-16 mixed-sex comprehensive school situated in the Gurnos district of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Pen y Dre High School is situated 3,700 feet south of Morlais Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gurnos and Pontsticill.
Gurnos
Suburb
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gurnos is a community of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough in Wales, United Kingdom. It consists principally of the Gurnos Estate. The population in 2011 was 5,280.
Pontsticill
Village
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pontsticill is a village within the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. It lies within the valley of the Taf Fechan on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Dowlais
Suburb
Photo: Varitek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dowlais is a village in the north-east of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough in South East Wales. The name is derived from the Welsh words du and glais. Dowlais is notable within Wales and within Great Britain as a whole, for its historic association with ironworking; once employing, through the Dowlais Iron Company, over 7,000 people, the works being at one stage the largest in the world.
Morlais Castle
- Categories: castle, contour fort, and historic site
- Location: Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.77694° or 51° 46′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.37916° or 3° 22′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C3RQJGC+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
way 565866423OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q6912480
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Morlais Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Morlais Castle”
- Danish: “Morlais Castle”
- French: “château de Morlais”
- French: “Château de Morlais”
- French: “Morlais Castle”
- German: “Morlais Castle”
- Swedish: “Morlais Castle”
- Turkish: “Morlais Kalesi”
- Welsh: “Castell Morlais”
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