Powys is the largest administrative county in Wales. With an over a quarter of Wales's land area, covering much of the eastern half of the country, it is a county of remote uplands, low population and no coastline. It was created in more or less its current form in 1974, and is the only one of the large county units created at that time to have been carried forward intact at the 1996 local government re-organisation. It comprises three historic counties, namely Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, and most of Brecknockshire. There are 950 Scheduled monuments within the county, which is far more than can be sensibly covered in one list. Each of the 3 historic counties is therefore listed separately, and each of these has two lists - one for the prehistoric sites and one for the Roman, medieval and post-medieval sites.
This list shows the sites dating to Roman, medieval and post-medieval times in Radnorshire, which occupies the central third of Powys. The River Wye separates it from Brecknockorshire to the south, and Montgomeryshire forms the northern third of Powys. Of the 258 Scheduled monuments in Radnorshire, 139 date to prehistoric times. The 119 on this list include 14 Roman sites, all related to the military occupation of Wales. The 14 Early Medieval sites are mostly sections of Offa's Dyke, but also include two inscribed stones. The 82 medieval sites are overwhelmingly defensive structures, particularly mottes, but also including castles, settlements, town defences and an Abbey. Of the nine post-medieval sites, only one is industrial, with five abandoned settlements and three World War II structures.
The lists of Scheduled Monuments in Powys are as follows:-
Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAMs) have statutory protection. It is illegal to disturb the ground surface or any standing remains. The compilation of the list is undertaken by Cadw Welsh Historic Monuments, which is an executive agency of the National Assembly of Wales.[1] The list of scheduled monuments below is supplied by Cadw[2] with additional material from RCAHMW and Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.
Scheduled Roman, medieval and post-medieval monuments in Radnorshire
The list is sorted by period, and then by Community so that sites of similar age and locality are placed near each other. Clicking on the heading arrows will sort the list by that information.
^Cadw will send their list as a spreadsheet, or other electronic formats, on request, as indicated at www.whatdotheyknow.com. This list uses information dated May 2012
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD134: Llandrindod Common Roman Practice Camps
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD126: Roman Earthworks S of Llandrindod Wells
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD137: Roman Fortlet (revealed by aerial photography), Disserth
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD005: Gaer Roman Site
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD259: Llandrindod Wells Roman Road
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD001: Castell Collen
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD260: Ty Lettice Roman Road
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD136: Roman Fort E of Hindwell Farm
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD138: Three Roman Camps (revealed by aerial photography) NE of Walton
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD258: Penybont Common Roman road and early turnpike road
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD131: Esgairperfedd Marching Camp
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD133: Roman Marching Camp (revealed by aerial photography) 500m SSE of Glan-yr-Afon
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD261: St Harmon Roman Road
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD089: Short Ditch near Beacon Lodge
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD100: Cross Slab in Llowes Church
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD016: Offa's Dyke: Section extending 165m S to Fildas Place and thence from Mill stream to Frydd Wood
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD018: Offa's Dyke: Section extending 200m S to Pool House, Rhos-y-Meirch
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD015: Offa's Dyke: Section extending 202m from River Teme to West Street
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD017: Offa's Dyke: Section extending through Great Ffrydd Wood 1693m S to footpath leading to Woodhouse Lane
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD024: Offa's Dyke: Section extending 380m from Burfa
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD025: Offa's Dyke: Section from Ditchyeld Bridge to County Boundary
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD023: Offa's Dyke: Section from Granner Wood to Burfa
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD101: Pillar Stone in Church
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD020: Offa's Dyke: Section extending 1125m SW to Gilfach Wood
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD021: Offa's Dyke: Section from Whitton-Presteigne Road to River Lugg
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD022: Offa's Dyke: Section extending 1960m from Yew Tree Farm to Quarries NE of Granner Wood
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD019: Offa's Dyke: Section extending 2143m S from The Firs, Rhos-y-Meirch
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD163: Abbey Cwmhir Great Park Shed
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD012: Cwmhir Abbey
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD029: Aberedw Castle
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD117: Aberedw Castle Mound
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD186: Cefn Wylfre Deserted Rural Settlement
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD179: Cefn Wylfre Platform House
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD188: Cwm-piban Platform House
^coflein NPRN: not yet identified. CPAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: RD170: Cwmblaenerw House Platforms