Painscastle Castle
Painscastle Castle is a castle in the village of Painscastle in Powys, Wales. It lies between Builth and Hay-on-Wye, approximately 3 miles from the Wales-England border today.Photo: Phil Laycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: castle in Painscastle, Powys, Wales
- Also known as: “Pain’s Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St David, Llandewi Fach and Rhos Goch National Nature Reserve.
Church of St David, Llandewi Fach
Church
Photo: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St David, Llandewi Fach is situated 1¼ miles west of Painscastle Castle.
Rhos Goch National Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
Rhos Goch National Nature Reserve, located near Painscastle on the England/Wales border, is one of the largest raised bogs in mid and south Wales. ‘Goch’ is Welsh for ‘red’, and in autumn the bog accordingly becomes a stunning carpet of red and gold. Rhos Goch National Nature Reserve is situated 2½ miles northeast of Painscastle Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llowes and Clyro.
Llowes
Village
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llowes is a small village in the community of Glasbury, Powys, Wales. The village has approximately 110 inhabitants. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 3 miles to the south-east. Llowes is situated 3½ miles southeast of Painscastle Castle.
Clyro
Village
Photo: Mike Price, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clyro is a village and community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales, with 781 inhabitants as of the 2011 UK Census. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 1.5 miles to the south-east. Clyro is situated 3½ miles southeast of Painscastle Castle.
Llanbadarn y Garreg
Village
Photo: Angela Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanbadarn-y-Garreg is a village in the community of Aberedw, Powys, Wales. It is 45.1 miles from Cardiff and 141.9 miles from London. Until 1983 it was a community. Llanbadarn y Garreg is situated 3½ miles northwest of Painscastle Castle.
Painscastle Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle and historic site
- Location: Painscastle, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.10741° or 52° 6′ 27″ northLongitude
-3.21867° or 3° 13′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C4R4Q4J+XGOpenStreetMap ID
way 660192337OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q24659303
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Painscastle Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Painscastle (kastilyo)”
- Cebuano: “Painscastle”
- Latin: “Castellum Paen”
- Latin: “Castrum Matildis”
- Swedish: “Painscastle Castle”
- Welsh: “Castell Paen”
- Welsh: “Castell Paun”
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