Tomen y Rhodwydd
Denbighshire, Wales
Tomen y Rhodwydd is a motte-and-bailey castle in Denbighshire, Wales, first built in 1149. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Ruthin Castle, 5.2 mi away.
Tomen y Rhodwydd at a glance
Built
1149
12th century
Type
Motte-and-bailey castle
Welsh princes' castles
Heritage status
scheduled monument
National Monument of Wales
Nearest castle
Ruthin Castle
5.2 mi away
About Tomen y Rhodwydd
Tomen y Rhodwydd is a motte-and-bailey castle built by Owain Gwynedd to protect the borders of Gwynedd Is Conwy. It stands in an area of fields and low hills to the south of Llandegla-yn-Iâl (today's south-east Denbighshire), Wales.
From the Wikipedia article on Tomen y Rhodwydd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tomen y Rhodwydd sits at 53.0554, -3.2295 in Denbighshire. The closest other castles are Ruthin Castle (5.2 mi), Castell Dinas Brân (6.0 mi) and Mold Castle (8.7 mi). Denbighshire has 8 castles in all.
