page_title: Radnorshire
section_title: Places of special interest
hierarchical_section_title: Radnorshire / Places of special interest
caption_attribution_description: English: Pilleth Church
context_page_description: Radnorshire is a sparsely populated area, one of thirteen historic and former administrative counties of Wales. It is represented by the Radnorshire area of Powys, which according to the 2011 census, had a population of 25,821. The historic county was bounded to the north by Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, to the east by Herefordshire, to the south by Brecknockshire and to the west by Cardiganshire.
  The county was formed from the cantrefs of Maelienydd and Elfael and the commotes of Gwrtheyrnion and Deuddwr by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535-1542. New Radnor was the original county town, although the Assizes sat at Presteigne and ultimately the County Council formed in 1889 met at Presteigne as well. Some administrative functions, and later the District Council, were based at the larger and more central Llandrindod Wells, which is currently the largest settlement.
  The administrative county formed under the Local Government Act 1888 was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974, with its area forming the Radnor district of Powys. The district was renamed Radnorshire in 1989.
context_section_description: Abbey Cwmhir aka Abbeycwmhir (SO0571);
  Beguildy Tumuli  (SO176767);
  Broadheath House, Presteigne (SO3363);
  Elan Valley Visitor's Centre (SN927646);
  The Pales (SO138641);
  Offa's Dyke (SO2763, SO2872);
  The Rock Park, Llandrindod Wells (SO052609).
  Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd
  Radnor Forest
  Stanner Rocks Nature Reserve site of the Radnor Lilly Gagea bohemica.
  Pilleth Church and the Battle of Bryn Glas
  Scheduled prehistoric monuments in Radnorshire
  Scheduled Roman to modern monuments in Radnorshire
caption: St Mary's Church, Pilleth
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