Date: 2003
Description: Castell Bryn Amlwyg in Bettws-y-Crwyn is a ringwork and enclosure castle in South Shropshire. The name Castell Bryn Amlwyg actually means "castle on a prominent hill" and indeed it is built on the highest point of a ridge overlooking the Nant Rhuddwr valley. It was strategically placed at the western end of the Marcher lordship of Clun, established in 1070. The castle lies just over 2 kilometers to the south of the Kerry Ridgeway, a long-established routeway which linked the medieval castle towns of Bishop's Castle and Clun, and which ran westwards into the heart of Wales. (Image kindly supplied by Shropshire Sites and Monuments Record)
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