Best of Mid Wales
The 20 best hill forts in Mid Wales
Our curated top 20 hill forts in Mid Wales, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 44 hill forts see the full hill forts index for Mid Wales.
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Montgomery Castle
Montgomery Castle (Welsh: Castell Trefaldwyn) is a stone castle looking over the town of Montgomery in Powys, Mid Wales. It is one of many Norman castles on the border between Wales and England. Its s
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Clifford Castle and Barbican
Clifford Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Clifford which lies 2.5 miles to the north-east of Hay-on-Wye in the Wye Valley in Herefordshire, England (grid reference SO243457). It was the cap
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Dolforwyn Castle
Dolforwyn Castle (Welsh: Castell Dolforwyn) is a Welsh medieval castle above the village of Abermule, Powys. The fortification was established by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Gwynedd in the late 13
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Wigmore Castle
Wigmore Castle is a ruined castle about 1 km (0.62 mi) from the village of Wigmore in the northwest region of Herefordshire, England.
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Aberystwyth Castle
Aberystwyth Castle (Welsh: Castell Aberystwyth) is a Grade I listed Edwardian fortress located in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Mid Wales. It was built in response to the First Welsh War in the late 13th c
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Offa's Dyke
Offa's Dyke — defensive earthworks on the border between Anglian (or 'English') Mercia and the Kingdom of Wales.
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Cardigan Castle
Cardigan Castle (Welsh: Castell Aberteifi) is a castle overlooking the River Teifi in Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales. It is a Grade I listed building. The castle dates from the late 11th-century, though
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Viroconium Cornoviorum
Viroconium Cornoviorum — Roman town, near Wroxeter in modern-day Shropshire, England.
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Newcastle Emlyn Castle
Newcastle Emlyn Castle (Welsh: Castell Newydd Emlyn) is a ruined castle in the market town of Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is strategically located on a steep-sided promontory overloo
