Powys

Powys is a principal region and county, and one of the preserved counties of Wales. It is known as after the Kingdom of Powys which turned into a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged all through the Middle Ages following the give up of Roman rule in Britain. The county is known as after the historical Welsh Kingdom of Powys, which inside the 6th century AD included the northern two thirds of the place in addition to most of Shropshire and adjoining areas now in England, and got here to an give up whilst it was occupied by way of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd of Gwynedd for the duration of the 1260s.

The uplands maintain evidence of profession from lengthy earlier than the Kingdom of Powys, and earlier than the Romans, who built roads and forts throughout the place. There are 1130 diagnosed burial mounds within the county, of various patterns and ages, relationship from 4000BC to 1000BC, most of them belonging to the Bronze Age. Of those, 339 are Scheduled Monuments. Standing stones, maximum again dating to the Bronze Age, additionally arise in large numbers, 276 being located across the county, of which ninety two are scheduled. From the Iron Age, the county has ninety scheduled Hill forts and a in addition 54 enclosures.