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TRECASTLE, a village in Llywell parish, Breconshire; on the Brecon and Llandovery railway, under T.-Beacon mountain, 11 miles W of Brecon. It has a post-office under Brecon, an inn, and seven annual fairs. A castle was founded adjacent to it by Bernard Newmarch; and is now represented by a mound and extensive earthworks. T.-B. mountain is 2,594 feet high.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Llywel Parish Brecknockshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Trecastle |
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