Historic bridges · Mid Wales
Llanwrthwl
Llanwrthwl in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
Stephen Elwyn RODDICK — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–30 min
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Llanwrthwl is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Llanwrthwl () is a village and community in Powys, mid Wales, and the historic county of Brecknockshire. Llanwrthwl lies off the A470 road, north by road from Builth Wells and Newbridge-on-Wye and south of Rhayader. It lies on the River Wye and River Elan and the village is accessed by a bridge over the Wye. In 1833, its population was 517; its population in 1841 was 568; in 1845, its population was 563. At the 2011 census the population was only 191.
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Background
History
St Gwrthwl, a saint whose date is uncertain, founded the church at Llanwrthwl; he is commemorated on 2 March. Bronze Age gold work was discovered at Llanwrthwl in the 1950s, including a four-flanged bar torc, a circular sectioned bar torc, a square sectioned bar torc and a twisted ring. A commemorative stone, from the precincts of the extinct chapel of Llanwrthwl, was found at Maes Llanwrthwl (Llanwrthwl Field) with a Paulinus monument and the epitaph: Talorm | Adventvh | MAQVERIGH | FIUIVS. It was in several pieces, and at least one of those pieces was missing. It was later preserved and housed at the residence of the Jones family at Dolau Cothi, Carmarthenshire. The parish was a prebend…
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- Coordinates
- 52.2621, -3.5013
- District
- Powys
- Parish
- Llanwrthwl
- Postcode
- LD1 6NS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Sources
- wikidata: Q6661895 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Llanwrthwl (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Llanwrthwl?
- Llanwrthwl is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode LD1 6NS), in the parish of Llanwrthwl.
- Is Llanwrthwl free to visit?
- Yes, Llanwrthwl is free to enter.
- How do I get to Llanwrthwl?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode LD1 6NS. It sits within the Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe parliamentary constituency.