Mwyngloddfa Castell, Ponterwyd

#3 among attractions in Ponterwyd

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Mwyngloddfa Castell is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Ceredigion, west Wales. The two special features are metal tolerant Lichens and mineral veins exposed in mines and tunnels. ()

Area: 10.01 acres (0.0156 mi²)Coordinates: 52°24'56"N, 3°48'14"W

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Ponterwyd United Kingdom

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Mwyngloddfa Castell – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Plynlimon, Pen y Garn, The Silver Mountain Experience, Mynach Falls.

3.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Plynlimon
93 min walk • Pumlumon is the highest point of the Cambrian Mountains in Wales, and the highest point in Mid Wales. It is a massif that dominates the surrounding countryside and is the highest point of Ceredigion.
3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pen y Garn
77 min walk • Pen y Garn is a mountain in the Cambrian Mountains, Mid Wales standing at 611 metres above sea level. Pen y Garn tops a 500–600 m high plateau, which includes the controversial Cefn Croes wind farm.
2.6 miW
52°24'42"N • 3°51'56"W
The Silver Mountain Experience, Ponterwyd
67 min walk • Mine, Museum
3.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Mynach Falls, Devil's Bridge
85 min walk • Mynach Falls is a waterfall near Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. It occurs where the River Mynach drops 90 metres in 5 steps down a steep and narrow ravine before it meets the River Rheidol.
6.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Hafren Forest
164 min walk • Hafren Forest lies north-west of Llanidloes, an ancient market town in Mid Wales.
3.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Coed Rheidol National Nature Reserve, Devil's Bridge
85 min walk • Coed Rheidol National Nature Reserve forms part of the long ribbon of woodland adjoining the Afon Mynach and Afon Rheidol around the lower slopes of hills near Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion.
3.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Nant-y-moch Reservoir
100 min walk • Nant-y-moch Reservoir Welsh pronunciation is situated in the Cambrian Mountains in northern Ceredigion, Wales, near Pumlumon. The reservoir which flooded a part of the valley of the River Rheidol and its headwaters derives its name from a stream, the Nant-y-moch, which formerly flowed into the River Rheidol at this spot.
4.1 miSW
Zoo
The Magic of Life Butterfly House, Ponterwyd
106 min walk • The Magic of Life Butterfly House is an all-weather butterfly zoo visitor attraction near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion in Wales. It was opened in July 2002 by rain forest conservationist, the Earl of Cranbrook.
2.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Y Garn
62 min walk • Y Garn is a subsidiary summit of Pen Pumlumon Fawr and the fourth highest peak on the Plynlimon massif, a part of the Cambrian Mountains in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.
4.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Cwmsymlog
126 min walk • Cwmsymlog is a short valley, sheltering a hamlet of the same name, in Ceredigion, in the west of Wales. Once an important mining area, but the mining slowly declined and finally came to an end in 1901.
4.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pen Pumlumon Arwystli
122 min walk • Pen Pumlumon Arwystli is the second highest summit on the Plynlimon massif, a part of the Cambrian Mountains in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. The summit is grassy, and is marked by 3 large ancient cairns.