BUILTH WELLS
Site Details
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NPRN 755
Map Reference SO05SW
Grid Reference SO0427351102
Unitary (Local) Authority Powys
Old County Brecknockshire
Community Builth
Type of Site TOWN
Broad Class CIVIL
Period Post Medieval
Site Description The town of Builth Wells is located on the river Wye in the upper section of the Wye Valley in the county of Powys. Builth first emerged in post-roman times. In Cilmeri, a small village close to Builth Wells, Llywellyn ap Gruffudd was ambushed and killed as he tried to rally the men of the Lordship of Builth in December 1282. Builth castle was built under King Edward I in the 1270s.
Builth Wells is served by rail along the Heart of Wales Line, but lost its more central railway station on the Mid Wales Railway in the 1960s under Lord Beeching. Builth Wells grew and developed as a traditional market town and later as a spa town. It is nationally renowned as the location of the Royal Welsh Showground, home to the Royal Welsh Show.
RCAHMW, February 2011
