Forden
Forden is a Village in the county of Powys.
Forden postcode: SY21 8NF
There are great places to visit near Forden including some great waterfalls, mountains, caves and ancient sites.
Waterfalls to visit near Forden include Sgwd Yr Eira, Sgwd Isaf Clun Gwyn, Sgwd Y Pannwr, and Dan Yr Ogof Waterfalls.
Don't miss Corn Du, and Pen y Fan's mountains if visiting the area around Forden.
The area around Forden's best caves can be found at Dan Yr Ogof.
The area close to Forden boasts some of the best ancient sites including Maen Llia Standing Stone.
Forden History
There are some historic monuments around Forden:
- Cefn Bryntalch Mound & Bailey Castle
- Beacon Ring Camp (Caer Digoll)
- Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall
- Motte and bailey castle and line of Offa's Dyke adjacent to Brompton Mill
- Montgomery Medieval Town, Kerry Gate Extra Mural Settlement
- Caerbre
- Ffridd Faldwyn Camp
- Lower House Camp
- Offa's Dyke: Section W of Court House Farm
- Town Bank & Ditches
- Clawdd Wood Camp
- Nant-Cribau Moated House Site
- Mount in Powis Castle Park
- Dovecote at Chirbury Hall Farm
- Plas Yr Alarch Moated Site
- Offa's Dyke: Section NE of Welshpool-Churchstoke Road
- Offa's Dyke: section 430yds (390m) in length S of Chirbury-Montgomery road
- Offa's Dyke: Section from Cwm By-Road to Hem Road
- Hen Domen Pre-Conquest Fields
- Offa's Dyke: Section from point 90m S of Chirbury Road to S Boundary of Nant-Cribau Park
- Bryn-Derwen Mound and Bailey Castle
- Offa's Dyke: two sections running 400yds (370m) S of Camlad Stream Also in Powys: Wales
- Montgomery Medieval Town, Part adjacent to Westmead, School Lane
- Offa's Dyke: Section from Dudston Covert, Lymore to Lack Brook, Churchstoke
- Camp 230m SE of Waen Heilyn (revealed by aerial photography)
- Motte castle at the south end of East Dudston hamlet
- Railway Transfer Dock at Welshpool
- Mount Pleasant Enclosure
- Coed y Dinas Round Barrow
- Simon's Castle
- Camp SW of Great Cloddiau Farm (revealed by aerial photography)
- Offa's Dyke: Mellington Hall Section Extending from Mellington Hall Lodge to Lower Cwm
- Camp 135m SE of Pant Mawr
- Camp 270m SSW of Ty Mawr
- Offa's Dyke: section 400yds (370m) long S of Rownal Covert
- Offa's Dyke: Section at Pentre Farm
- Domen Castell Mound and Bailey Castle
- Pen y Foel Camp
- Offa's Dyke: Sections extending 675m S from centre of Goppas Wood
- Mound in Churchyard
- Pentre Camp
- Black Bank Camp
- Three Roman camps NW of Brompton Mill including tumulus and section of Offa's Dyke
- Lower Min-y-Llyn Castle Mound
- Offa's Dyke: Pentre Section
- Offa's Dyke: South of School House
- Llwynderw Round Barrow
- Trelystan Church House Round Barrows
- Offa's Dyke: Section extending 760m N from centre of Goppas Wood to Hope By-Road
- Offa's Dyke: section 2/3 mile (1170m) long, N from southern boundary of Rownal Covert
- Offa's Dyke: section one mile 750yds (2290m) from Dudston Covert to a point 300yds (274m) N of Lack Brook Also in Powys: Wales
- Cursus, Llwyn-Wron (revealed by aerial photography)
- Camp Pen-y-Gelli (revealed by aerial photography)
- Blackwood Enclosure
- Powis Castle Park Mound
- Hen Domen Mound & Bailey Castle
- Great Cloddiau Camp
- Calcot Camp
- Guilsfield Moated Site
- Ringwork and cultivation remains 260m west of St Michael's Church
- Montgomery Castle
- Round Barrow 225m SE of Clwyd-yr-onen
- Mound & Bailey Castle
- Dyffryn Lane Ring Ditches & Pit Alignments (Formerly Dyffryn Lane Round Barrow)
- Bwlch Aeddan Dyke
- Site E of Plas-Llwyn (revealed by aerial photography)
- Tan y Clawdd Camp
- Motte and bailey castle 80m south east of Hockleton Farm
- Offa's Dyke: Cwm Section
- Forden Gaer Roman Site
- Strata Marcella Abbey
- Offa's Dyke; Brompton Bridge section extending from Brompton Bridge to Mellington Hall Lodge
- Knaps Barrows
- Crowther's Coppice Camp
- Clawdd Wood round barrow
- Broniarth Hill Camp
- Offa's Dyke: section NW of Ditches Farm Also in Powys: Wales
- Upper Aldress Moated Site
- Site 450m NW of Glan Mule (revealed by aerial photography)
- Wantyn Dyke
- Y Golfa Camp
- Offa's Dyke: Section from North Lodge, Leighton Park to Old Quarry S of Green Wood
- Maen Beuno
- Cefn Llan Hillfort
- Motte castle 400m north east of Upper Gwarthlow Farm
- Nant-Cribau Castle Mound
- Henfron Moated Site