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Knucklas Castle Community Land Project Posted on 24 November 2009 by Publicity & promotions5 February 2015

Historic Knucklas

Knucklas (Welsh: Cnwclas, “Green Hill”) and Heyop (or Heyope) are two small but inseparable villages in Powys, Wales. They lie off the B4355 road and are served by Knucklas railway station on the Heart of Wales Line. Both are approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from Knighton and lie in the upper valley of the River Teme.

Knucklas Apple Day

  • The Castle Mound is a protected ancient monument in the care of Cadw[1]. It dates from 1240[citation needed] but was possibly built on earlier foundations. It consisted of a keep – a square stone fortification with four round towers 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[2][3].Below the castle lies the battlefield of the Battle of Beguildy[citation needed] 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[3]. 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. A spectacular 13-arch span completed in 1865 and recorded in an engraving from the Illustrated London News[4].

Historic Heyope

Three *Bronze Age torcs were found here and declared treasure in 1991[citation needed]. They are now housed in the National Museum, Cardiff. Further reading : Noble, F, 1955, ‘The Bronze Age gold torcs from Heyope’, Transactions of the Radnorshire Society 25, 34-8.

Three Gold Rings of Heyope (World of Water Library)

Three Gold Rings of Heyope (From World of Water Library)

Info. from Wikipedia

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A wonderful new book has been written by one of our members for youngsters to enjoy the legend of King Arthur. Look on the Shop page to see details and purchase.

Castle hill

A new view of the castle using LiDR technology has become available, look here: LiDR survey
Many thanks to Mark Walters for this new view.

It raises some interesting questions about the way the castle has been used over the many years of its existence.

We are also on the Welsh governments catalogue of heritage buildings here Coflein

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Site & location

The 21 acre site, including a Cadw scheduled monument, has been bought by some philanthropic locals who are leasing it to KCCLP whilst the money is raised to purchase the site for the whole community.

Surrounding Area

Sited at the confluence of the Teme and Heyope valleys in Radnorshire, Knucklas Castle overlooks Shropshire's Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Offa's Dyke and the River Teme, the border between Wales and England. This part of Wales has many delights to discover.

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KCCLP is a transition project encompassing archaeology and local history, nature conservation, woodland with public access, education, allotments, sculpture & art, poetry, community orchard, village green and heaps of strong community spirit. The funds for this important community project are being raised through the sales of shares and donations. You can buy a share and help in many ways. Registered Community Benefit Society no. 30635R
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