Castell Blaenllynfi

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Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Castell Blaenllynfi is a medieval castle in Powys. It is one of 13 castles the Albion Guide charts in the county. The surrounding countryside is part of Bannau Brycheiniog National Park.

Ebbw Vale Town Station is 13.8 km away to the south. The nearest other castle is Tretower Castle, 4.3 km to the east.

More places to visit near Castell Blaenllynfi

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Bannau Brycheiniog

You’re inside itNational Park near Libanus

Flat-topped sandstone summits, waterfall gorges and dark skies along the roof of south Wales.

Beacons Way

Long-distance path

Across the full width of Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, from the Skirrid above Abergavenny to the western Black Mountain at Llangadog.

0.7 km SE · Powys, Carmarthenshire & Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal

Canal

The mountain canal of the Bannau Brycheiniog, contouring high above the Usk from Brecon toward Pontypool.

2.5 km SW · Powys, Monmouthshire & Torfaen

St Michael's Church, Cwmdu

Church near Cwmdu

Black Mountains church housing the early medieval Catacus inscribed stone.

3.6 km E

Llangorse Lake

Lake near Llangorse (Llan-gors)

South Wales's largest natural lake, holding a rare early-medieval crannog in the foothills of the Brecon Beacons.

3.9 km N

Tretower Castle

Castle near Cwmdu

A medieval castle in Powys.

4.3 km E