Painscastle
Painscastle is a Village in the county of Powys.
Painscastle in Powys is located 7.4 km NW from Hay on Wye.
Painscastle postcode: LD2 3JL
There are great places to visit near Painscastle including some great waterfalls, mountains, caves and ancient sites.
Don't miss Sgwd Yr Eira, Dan Yr Ogof Waterfalls, Sgwd Isaf Clun Gwyn, and Sgwd Y Pannwr's waterfalls if visiting the area around Painscastle.
Painscastle has some unmissable mountains nearby like Corn Du, and Pen y Fan.
There are a number of caves near to Painscastle including Dan Yr Ogof.
The area around Painscastle's best ancient sites can be found at Maen Llia Standing Stone.
Painscastle History
There are some historic monuments around Painscastle:
- Cwmblaenerw House Platforms
- Cwmblaenerw Enclosed Long Hut
- Gwernyfed Park Camp
- Llyswen Camp
- Pen-y-Wyrlod Long Barrow
- Cross Slab in Llowes Church
- Round Barrow 400m S of Church
- Wern Camp
- Standing Stone E of Llangoed Wood
- Cwm standing stone
- Llanthomas Castle Mound
- Round Barrow 90m NE of Pipton Farm
- Pain's Castle
- Begwns standing stone
- Pillar Stone in Church
- Boughrood Castle
- Great House Mound & Bailey Castle
- Hay Castle
- Cwm-Twrch Medieval Settlement
- Colwyn Castle
- Castle Mound 400m N of Cefnige
- Red Hill Cross Ridge Dyke
- Bailey Bedw Ring Cairn
- Cefn Wylfre Stone Circle and Round Barrow
- Clyro Court chambered tomb
- Hundred House round barrow
- Blaenhenllan round cairn
- Lettypeod Deserted Rural Settlement
- Cwm-piban Platform House
- Castle Mound near Swan Hotel
- Giant's Grave round cairn
- Pen-twyn camp
- Maesgwyn round barrow
- Twyn y Garth Round Barrows
- Dolbedwin Castle Mound
- Begwns round cairn
- Aberllynfi chapel
- Gilwern Brook round barrow
- Glasbury Old Church
- Cefn Wylfre Platform House
- Pipton Long Barrow
- Cefn Wylfre Round Barrows
- Six Stones Stone Circle
- Pentre Jack Settlement
- The Scottish Pedlar Wayside Cross
- Lower House Moated Site
- Gaer
- Castle Kinsey
- Cefn Wylfre Deserted Rural Settlement
- Lane Farm Round Barrow
- Neuadd-Glan-Gwy Standing Stone
- Gaer Roman Site
- Penarth Mount Castle Mound
- Fforest Wood Mound & Bailey Castle
- Gellidywyll Platform Settlement
- Llanbedr Hill Cist Cairn
- Bryn y Maen Alignment (Four Stones)
- Clyro Castle
- Llanfihangel Hill round barrow
- The Mount Mound & Bailey Castle, Hundred House
- Garden Earthworks at Old Gwernyfed
- Coed y Polyn round barrow
- Castle Tump
- Bryn y Maen Round Barrow
- Little Lodge Long Barrow
- Llanbedr Hill Platform House
