Bleddfa Castle

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Bleddfa Castle was a motte and bailey structure near Llangunllo in modern-day Powys, Wales. It is believed to have been built before 1195 and abandoned by 1304. What remains today is described as a "mutilated oval mound" of 46 by 36 metres, containing some traces of masonry. It is surrounded by a rectangular bailey measuring 100 by 60 metres, with a hedge on its northern border. ()

Coordinates: 52°18'26"N, 3°9'45"W

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WalesUnited Kingdom

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Bleddfa Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Offa's Dyke, Black Mixen, Rhos Fawr, Burfa Castle.

5.4 miNE
Visitor center, Ruins
Offa's Dyke, Knighton
139 min walk • Offa's Dyke is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the border between England and Wales. The structure is named after Offa, the Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia from AD 757 until 796, who is traditionally believed to have ordered its construction.
2.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Mixen
65 min walk • Black Mixen is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos in the Radnor Forest. The summit is large peat bog plateau. The summit is marked with a cairn, and is next to a radio transmitter and its building.
3.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rhos Fawr
82 min walk • Rhos Fawr is a mountain summit in the Radnor Forest, a rather isolated dome of hills to the north of the village of New Radnor. The local rocks are sedimentary shales and mudstones with some Silurian limestone. With a height of 660 metres, it is the highest point in the Radnor Forest and the historic county top of Radnorshire.
6.6 miSE
Prehistoric site
Burfa Castle
168 min walk • Burfa Castle is an Iron Age hillfort near the tiny town of Old Radnor, Radnorshire in Powys, Wales. The site is a scheduled monument described as a prehistoric defensive hillfort, and was included in an inventory of monuments by 1913.
5.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beacon Hill
144 min walk • Beacon Hill is a hill in the county of Radnorshire, Wales. It lies within the Powys unitary council area. It is located north-west of the town of Knighton close to the valley of the River Teme.
5.3 miNE
History museum, Museum
Knighton Community Centre, Knighton
136 min walk • Knighton Community Centre is a venue situated in the Powys/Shropshire border town of Knighton. It is Knighton's largest venue with a current standing capacity for 650 and a seated capacity of 450.
2.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bache Hill
75 min walk • Bache Hill is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos, in the Radnor Forest in Wales. It is located to the east of Black Mixen.
6 miSE
Forts and castles
Castle Nimble
154 min walk • Castle Nimble was a motte and bailey defensive fortification near Old Radnor, in Radnorshire, Wales. Castle Nimble appears to have had an oval-shaped ditched motte, with a semi-rectangular bailey, and some other enclosures, including possibly a pond.