Longtown Castle

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Longtown Castle, also termed Ewias Lacey Castle in early accounts, is a ruined Norman motte-and-bailey fortification in Longtown, Herefordshire. It was established in the 11th century by Walter de Lacy, reusing former Roman earthworks. The castle was then rebuilt in stone by Gilbert de Lacy after 1148, who also established the adjacent town to help pay for the work. By the 14th century, Longtown Castle had fallen into decline. Despite being pressed back into use during the Owain Glyndŵr rising in 1403, it fell into ruin. In the 21st century the castle is maintained by English Heritage and operated as a tourist attraction. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°57'25"N, 2°59'24"W

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Route B4347Longtown HR2 0LE EnglandUnited Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Llanthony Priory, Church of St Martin, Llanthony Abbey, Black Hill.

2.1 miSW
Ruins, Historical place, Monastery
Llanthony Priory, Brecon Beacons
55 min walk • Llanthony Priory is a partly ruined former Augustinian priory in the secluded Vale of Ewyas, a steep-sided once-glaciated valley within the Black Mountains area of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It lies seven miles north of Abergavenny on an old road to Hay-on-Wye at Llanthony.
3.9 miS
Church
Church of St Martin, Brecon Beacons
99 min walk • The Church of St Martin, Cwmyoy, Monmouthshire, Wales, was begun in the 12th century, although most of the current structure dates from the 13th century. The church is most notable for its extreme tilt, the result of a landslide.
4.5 miW
Monastery
Llanthony Abbey, Brecon Beacons
115 min walk • Llanthony Abbey is a former Anglican monastic institution founded in 1869 by Joseph Leycester Lyne, in the Welsh village of Capel-y-ffin, a few miles from the medieval Llanthony Priory. It survived until 1908, after which it was the home of artist Eric Gill. It is now holiday accommodation.
4.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Hill
115 min walk • The Black Hill is a hill in the Black Mountains in Herefordshire, England at grid reference SO275348. It rises just west of the village of Craswall, near the border with Wales.
2.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hatterrall Hill, Brecon Beacons
60 min walk • Hatterrall Hill is a rounded peak in the Black Mountains which sits on the Wales-England border, partly in Monmouthshire, Wales and partly in Herefordshire, England. Its summit at 531m is the high point of a peaty plateau which falls away steeply on all sides. Broad ridges run to the north, the southeast and southwest.
5.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Mountain Hill
139 min walk • Twyn Llech, also known as Black Mountain, is a mountain in the Black Mountains. It is the only Marilyn to fall exactly on the Welsh–English border, straddling Brecknockshire and Herefordshire. Its parent peak, Waun Fach, lies to the west.
3.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Chwarel y Fan, Brecon Beacons
99 min walk • Chwarel y Fan is a peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It is the highest rise on the long ridge which extends southeastwards from Rhos Dirion.
4.2 miE
Monastery
Dore Abbey
107 min walk • Dore Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in the village of Abbey Dore in the Golden Valley, Herefordshire, England. A large part of the original medieval building has been used since the 16th century as the parish church, with remaining parts either now ruined or no longer extant.
5.2 miN
Church
Urishay Castle Chapel
133 min walk • Urishay Castle Chapel is a redundant chapel to the north of Urishay Castle, some 2.5 kilometres west of the village of Peterchurch in Herefordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.
4.9 miSW
Church
Church of St Issui, Brecon Beacons
126 min walk • The Church of St Issui, Partrishow, Powys, Wales, is a parish church dating from 1060. The existing building was mainly constructed in the 14th and 15th centuries and was sensitively restored in 1908–1909.
4.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Black Mountains, Brecon Beacons
120 min walk • The Black Mountains are a group of hills spread across parts of Powys and Monmouthshire in southeast Wales, and extending across the England–Wales border into Herefordshire.