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Knucklas

Field	Value
country	Wales
welsh_name	Cnwclas
coordinates
population	220
population_ref	https://web.archive.org/web/20070929131736/http://www.powys.gov.uk/uploads/media/03_BEGUILDY_en.pdf
official_name	Knucklas
community_wales	Beguildy
unitary_wales	Powys
lieutenancy_wales	Powys
constituency_westminster	Ceredigion Preseli
constituency_welsh_assembly	Brecon & Radnorshire
post_town	Knighton
postcode_district	LD7
postcode_area	LD
dial_code	01547
os_grid_reference	SO251742
static_image	Approaching Knucklas Viaduct - geograph.org.uk - 330122.jpg
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	Knucklas Viaduct, on the Heart of Wales Line, and the village of Knucklas beneath

Knucklas (, meaning "green hillock") is a village in Powys, Wales, previously Radnorshire. It lies in the upper valley of the River Teme, just off the B4355 road and is served by Knucklas railway station on the Heart of Wales Line. It is approximately 2 mi from the market town of Knighton.

Notable landmarks

The Castle Mound

A protected ancient monument in the care of Knucklas Castle Community Land Project and listed by Cadw, it is the site of a castle believed to have been built by the Mortimers in about 1220–25. It consisted of a square stone keep with four round towers, sited on top of a steep hill. There is some evidence that there may have been further outer walls. It was captured by a Welsh army in 1262, which destroyed the defences.

Below the castle lies the battlefield of the Battle of Beguildy thought to have been fought between the Welsh and the Mortimer family of Norman Marcher Lords in 1146. The castle was attacked and destroyed by the forces of Owain Glyndŵr in 1402 during his rebellion. Whilst there is a romantic story associating the castle location with the marriage of Guinevere and King Arthur, this probably developed from an earlier story, which suggested that a marriage took place between Gwenhwyfar, the daughter of Ogrfan Gawr (also called 'Gogrfan Gawr "the Giant" of Castell y Cnwclas' – Knucklas Castle), and Arthur the warrior – there being no reference to Arthur as a king in the early Welsh texts.

The Viaduct

The spectacular 13-arch span was completed by the Central Wales Railway in 1865 and recorded in an engraving from the Illustrated London News.

Heyope

Three Bronze Age torcs were found here and declared treasure in 1991. They are now housed in the National Museum, Cardiff.

The parish church of St David was built in 1882, on the site of a medieval church. The font dates from the 15th century.

The longest-burning tyre fire in British history occurred in Heyope, lasting 13 years from 1989 to 2001.

Notable people

Vavasor Powell (1617–1670), Nonconformist Puritan preacher, evangelist, church leader and writer, who was imprisoned for his role in a plot to depose King Charles II.
Malcolm Page (born 1947), former footballer with 350 club caps and 28 for Wales

References

(July 2024). "Location of Ceredigion Preseli".
[http://www.knucklascastle.org.uk KCCLP]
[https://cadw.gov.wales Cadw website]
"CPAT Report No 1088 Historic settlements in Radnorshire".
"Castle Wales Website".
"Gathering the Jewels".
"National Museum Cardiff | National Museum Wales".
Evans, A. T. D. (2008) ''Border Wanderings'', p. 116.

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