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New Radnor, Town Defences

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NPRN303340
Map ReferenceSO26SW
Grid ReferenceSO2109560667
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyRadnorshire
CommunityNew Radnor
Type Of SiteTOWN DEFENCES
PeriodMedieval
Description
Town defences, represented by earthworks of a bank, ditch and counterscarp, enclosing a roughly rectagular area, c.500m by 300m, with gates to the north, south, west and east; best preserved at the south-west angle, between SO21256072 to SO21026076; connected to the north with the castle (Nprn306379), where there is an extention, enclosing an area c.150m by 50m, against the east side of the castle.
Murage grant - 1257.

(source Os495card; SO26SW7)

J.Wiles 09.09.02