Bryn Amlwg Castle

Bryn Amlwg Castle

Bryn Amlwg Castle ( _cy. Castell Bryn Amlwg) is in Shropshire near the Welsh border and the village of Anchor which lies between Newtown and Clun (gbmapping|SO167846).

This was an enclosure castle of the 12th and 13th centuries, and had towers and a gatehouse. Only earthworks now remain.

References

*Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, "The David & Charles Book of Castles", David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3

External links

* [http://www.secretshropshire.org.uk/Content/Learn/Castles/IDesign.asp Includes a photograph of the site]


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