Castles and forts in Powys
The Discover Alone map has 267 castles and forts in Powys, Wales. Below are the 60 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Water Tower at Welshpool Raven Square stationCastle, fort or towerWater Tower at Welshpool Raven Square station is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a quiet…
Upper Luggy, CastleMotte and BaileyUpper Luggy, Castle is a medieval motte and bailey in Powys, Wales. Its earthen mound and surrounding ditch still mark…
Twyn-y-Gaer Iron Age Hill FortCastle, fort or towerTwyn-y-Gaer Iron Age Hill Fort is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps iron-age hands cut its ridges while…
Tretower CastleCastleRoger Picard I or John Picard replaced the timber stronghold with a stone shell keep probably around 1150, giving…
Tree and CastleCastle, fort or towerTree and Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the tree grew through a broken wall or the castle…
Tractor at Castle CaereinionCastle, fort or towerTractor at Castle Caereinion is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the tractor still circles the ruined…
Tower Tavern pubsignCastle, fort or towerTower Tavern pubsign is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the tower rises above ordinary rooftops…
Tower southwest of Cray reservoirCastle, fort or towerTower southwest of Cray reservoir is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps soldiers stood watch above the…
Tower on the Slopes of Cefn CulCastle, fort or towerTower on the Slopes of Cefn Cul is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps it watched the valley below, its…_-_geograph.org.uk_-_347647.jpg?width=1280)
Tower on Lake Vyrnwy (Llyn Efyrnwy)Castle, fort or towerTower on Lake Vyrnwy (Llyn Efyrnwy) is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps it watched the water for…
Tower of Pencelli churchCastle, fort or towerTower of Pencelli church is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps it guarded a narrow valley or watched a…
Tower of Betws Penpont ChurchCastle, fort or towerTower of Betws Penpont Church is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a watchful sentinel over…
Tower Craig GochCastle, fort or towerTower Craig Goch is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps red stones still glow there at sunset, marking a…
Tower between the treesCastle, fort or towerTower between the trees is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a watchtower above the valley…
Tower at the Bwlch Bryn-rhuddCastle, fort or towerTower at the Bwlch Bryn-rhudd is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps it watched a narrow mountain gap…
Top Terrace, Powis CastleCastle, fort or towerTop Terrace, Powis Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps people climbed the terrace to watch…
Top of Castle PitchCastle, fort or towerTop of Castle Pitch is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps stones still stand where a keep once watched…
Tomen Castle;Cae-Banal, MotteMotteTomen Castle;Cae-Banal in Powys, Wales, is a medieval motte, which means people built a tall earth mound perhaps around…
The Yew Walk, Powis CastleCastle, fort or towerThe Yew Walk, Powis Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the yew trees lean inward like…
The Tower House, TalgarthCastle, fort or towerThe Tower House, Talgarth is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a watchtower for a lost…
The stile in to the CastleCastle, fort or towerThe stile in to the Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the stile marks the exact point where a…
The saddle between Highgate Hill and Castle HillCastle, fort or towerThe saddle between Highgate Hill and Castle Hill is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the land dipped….jpg?width=1280)
The Orangery, Powis CastleCastle, fort or towerThe Orangery, Powis Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps warm citrus breath still ghosts through…
The Old Pump, Powis CastleCastle, fort or towerThe Old Pump, Powis Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps water rose through bronze and stone…
The lower earthworks of Hen Domen castleCastle, fort or towerThe lower earthworks of Hen Domen castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps men dug those trenches…
The Line of the fortCastle, fort or towerThe Line of the fort is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the line marked a boundary where two families…
The Elephant and Castle Hotel, Newtown, PowysCastle, fort or towerThe Elephant and Castle Hotel, Newtown, Powys is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps its rooms still hold…
The Clock Tower, MachynllethCastle, fort or towerThe Clock Tower, Machynlleth is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a quiet guard over the…
The Castle Inn PengenfforddCastle, fort or towerThe Castle Inn Pengenffordd is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a watchtower above the…
The base of the old castle ovenCastle, fort or towerThe base of the old castle oven is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps heat still rises through the stone…
Terrace walk, Powis castleCastle, fort or towerTerrace walk, Powis castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the terrace is a knife-edge above the…
Tall TowerCastle, fort or towerTall Tower is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps its height marked a boundary between kingdoms or warned…
Stone carvings on the clock towerCastle, fort or towerStone carvings on the clock tower is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the carvings appeared only when…
Steps to the East Tower, Powis CastleCastle, fort or towerSteps to the East Tower, Powis Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the stones remember every…
Steps leading to terracing, Powis CastleCastle, fort or towerSteps leading to terracing, Powis Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the terracing appeared…
Statue in Powis Castle gardensCastle, fort or towerStatue in Powis Castle gardens is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the statue watches gardens where…
St John the Baptist - towerCastle, fort or towerSt John the Baptist - tower is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the tower guarded a valley road where…
South rampart of the Ffridd Faldwyn hill fortCastle, fort or towerSouth rampart of the Ffridd Faldwyn hill fort is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the stones resisted…
Site of Rhaeadr CastleCastle, fort or towerSite of Rhaeadr Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps stones and timber once bit through the…
Site of Builth Wells CastleCastle, fort or towerSite of Builth Wells Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps its stones sank into the earth or men…
Sheep pasture above Montgomery CastleCastle, fort or towerSheep pasture above Montgomery Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the grass still holds the…
Sheep feeding on Castle HillCastle, fort or towerSheep feeding on Castle Hill is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the grassy slope hides a buried stone…
Round tower, Llandysilio churchCastle, fort or towerRound tower, Llandysilio church is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the tower stood beside the church…
Roots of the castleCastle, fort or towerRoots of the castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps its stones still hold the shape of hands that…
Roman Fort of LabrobrintaCastle, fort or towerRoman Fort of Labrobrinta is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps soldiers marched this ground before the…
Rhayader CastleCastleMaelgwn ap Cadwallon destroyed the castle in 1196, Rhys rebuilt it in 1194 after Maelgwn had destroyed it, and Llywelyn…
Remains of Montgomery CastleCastle, fort or towerRemains of Montgomery Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the broken stones still hold the shape…
Remains of Crickhowell CastleCastle, fort or towerCrickhowell Castle rose on a sharp Welsh spur where a small stream joins the Usk, making the town cluster beneath it…
Ramparts at Gaer Fawr hill fortCastle, fort or towerRamparts at Gaer Fawr hill fort is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps stones and soil still hold the…
Railway past the castleCastle, fort or towerRailway past the castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the rails cut through ancient stone because…
Radnor Castle earthworksCastle, fort or towerRadnor Castle earthworks is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps men dug those trenches during a border…
Radnor Castle ditchCastle, fort or towerRadnor Castle ditch is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the ditch cut through living memory rather than…
Primroses at Powis CastleCastle, fort or towerPrimroses at Powis Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps primroses still crowd the castle steps…
Powis Castle viewed from its gardensCastle, fort or towerPowis Castle viewed from its gardens is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the gardens are not decoration…
Powis Castle terrace and gardensCastle, fort or towerPowis Castle terrace and gardens is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the terrace edges still hold the…
Powis Castle pondCastle, fort or towerPowis Castle pond is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps water gathered there before stone rose, filling a…
Powis Castle PeacockCastle, fort or towerPowis Castle Peacock is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the peacock strutted across marble halls while…
Powis Castle - Ice HouseCastle, fort or towerPowis Castle - Ice House is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a cold sentinel among the…
Powis castle gardensCastle, fort or towerPowis castle gardens layer Italianate terraces, an English landscape park and Edwardian borders on a red sandstone…
Powis Castle and terraced gardensCastle, fort or towerPowis Castle and terraced gardens is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps its terraces were built to hold…