New Radnor - Medieval Planned Layout

Medieval Planned Layout

The village lies by the Radnor Forest, and has been said to have been built to replace Old Radnor and it was a planned medieval walled town with streets laid out in a grid pattern. It was linked to other settlements nearby and regionally such as Builth, Presteigne and Kington Castle and later Huntington Castle near Gladestry.

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