Montgomery
Montgomery is a Town in the county of Powys.
Montgomery in Powys is located 10.9 km S from Welshpool.
Montgomery postcode: SY15 6PY
There are great places to visit near Montgomery including some great waterfalls, mountains, caves and ancient sites.
There are a number of waterfalls near Montgomery including Sgwd Yr Eira, Dan Yr Ogof Waterfalls, Sgwd Isaf Clun Gwyn, and Sgwd Y Pannwr.
Don't miss Corn Du, and Pen y Fan's mountains if visiting the area around Montgomery.
Dan Yr Ogof is a great place to visit close to Montgomery if you like caves.
There are a number of ancient sites near to Montgomery including Maen Llia Standing Stone.
Montgomery History
There are some historic monuments around Montgomery:
- Camp 230m SE of Waen Heilyn (revealed by aerial photography)
- Three Roman camps NW of Brompton Mill including tumulus and section of Offa's Dyke
- Motte castle 400m north east of Upper Gwarthlow Farm
- Offa's Dyke: Section at Pentre Farm
- Offa's Dyke: Mellington Hall Section Extending from Mellington Hall Lodge to Lower Cwm
- Montgomery Castle
- Simon's Castle
- Cefn Llan Hillfort
- Small enclosed settlement in Knuck Wood
- Motte castle at the south end of East Dudston hamlet
- Offa's Dyke: Pentre Section
- Mound in Churchyard
- Motte and bailey castle 80m south east of Hockleton Farm
- Offa's Dyke: Section from Road Junction near Drewin to County Boundary
- Dovecote at Chirbury Hall Farm
- Mount Pleasant Enclosure
- Offa's Dyke: section 400yds (370m) long S of Rownal Covert
- Fron Derw Wood Camp
- Railway Transfer Dock at Welshpool
- Camp Pen-y-Gelli (revealed by aerial photography)
- Coed y Dinas Round Barrow
- Offa's Dyke: section 1600yds (1460m) long, N from St John the Baptist's Church to River Unk
- Wantyn Dyke
- Offa's Dyke: Section extending 760m N from centre of Goppas Wood to Hope By-Road
- Offa's Dyke: Section W of Court House Farm
- Montgomery Medieval Town, Kerry Gate Extra Mural Settlement
- Cursus, Llwyn-Wron (revealed by aerial photography)
- Site 450m NW of Glan Mule (revealed by aerial photography)
- Upper Short Ditch
- The Lower Short Ditch
- Beacon Ring Camp (Caer Digoll)
- Offa's Dyke: two sections running 400yds (370m) S of Camlad Stream Also in Powys: Wales
- Offa's Dyke: section 430m north east of Middle Knuck Farm
- Lower House Camp
- Hen Domen Pre-Conquest Fields
- Offa's Dyke: Section from Cwm By-Road to Hem Road
- Cefn Bryntalch Mound & Bailey Castle
- Small enclosed Iron Age or Romano-British settlement and adjacent cultivation remains, 450m north west of Cwm Farm
- Nant-Cribau Moated House Site
- Hill Tenement Enclosure
- Offa's Dyke: section 430yds (390m) in length S of Chirbury-Montgomery road
- Bowl barrow 1km south east of Hopton Bank
- Kerry Hill Stone Circle
- Black Bank Camp
- Caer-Din
- Y Golfa Camp
- Offa's Dyke: section 400m east of Cwm Farm
- Hen Domen Mound & Bailey Castle
- Caerbre
- Offa's Dyke: section NW of Ditches Farm Also in Powys: Wales
- Offa's Dyke: Sections extending 675m S from centre of Goppas Wood
- Plas Yr Alarch Moated Site
- Offa's Dyke; Brompton Bridge section extending from Brompton Bridge to Mellington Hall Lodge
- Camp S of Old Hall Sarn
- Offa's Dyke: section 2/3 mile (1170m) long, N from southern boundary of Rownal Covert
- Dyffryn Lane Ring Ditches & Pit Alignments (Formerly Dyffryn Lane Round Barrow)
- Forden Gaer Roman Site
- Trelystan Church House Round Barrows
- Maen Beuno
- Great Cloddiau Camp
- Pen y Foel Camp
- Llwynderw Round Barrow
- Offa's Dyke: Section from North Lodge, Leighton Park to Old Quarry S of Green Wood
- Upper Aldress Moated Site
- Mellington Hill Round Barrow
- Henfron Moated Site
- Bryn-Derwen Mound and Bailey Castle
- Camp SW of Great Cloddiau Farm (revealed by aerial photography)
- Lower Short Ditch (Northern Part)
- Offa's Dyke: section one mile 750yds (2290m) from Dudston Covert to a point 300yds (274m) N of Lack Brook Also in Powys: Wales
- Nant-Cribau Castle Mound
- Mound & Bailey Castle
- Offa's Dyke: Section from point 90m S of Chirbury Road to S Boundary of Nant-Cribau Park
- Pentre Camp
- Powis Castle Park Mound
- Site E of Plas-Llwyn (revealed by aerial photography)
- Sibwll Wood Camp
- Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall
- Mount in Powis Castle Park
- Camp 270m SSW of Ty Mawr
- Domen Castell Mound and Bailey Castle
- Lower Min-y-Llyn Castle Mound
- Offa's Dyke: Cwm Section
- Motte and bailey castle and line of Offa's Dyke adjacent to Brompton Mill
- Ringwork and cultivation remains 260m west of St Michael's Church
- Montgomery Medieval Town, Part adjacent to Westmead, School Lane
- Upper Short Ditch Also in Powys: Wales
- Offa's Dyke: Section NE of Welshpool-Churchstoke Road
- Offa's Dyke: Section from Dudston Covert, Lymore to Lack Brook, Churchstoke
- Ffridd Faldwyn Camp
- Offa's Dyke: section 1/2 mile (800m) long, SE from county boundary to River Unk Also in Powys: Wales
- Calcot Camp
- Blackwood Enclosure
- Town Bank & Ditches
Places to see near Montgomery
History of Montgomery
During the Civil War, the castle was captured by Parliamentary forces and subsequently slighted (damaged) to remove its military threat. As a county town, Montgomery prospered, and its buildings give the small town its current character. In 1923 the Montgomeryshire County War Memorial was completed to commemorate fallen servicemen from Montgomeryshire. The memorial is on a hill about 1 km SW of the town.
