Llanidloes Town Defences
Has been described as a Possible Urban Defence
There are no visible remains
| Name | Llanidloes Town Defences |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Montgomeryshire |
| Modern Authority | Powys |
| 1974 Authority | Powys |
| Community | Llanidloes |
The layout of the town is typical of planted towns, with roads set at right-angles to each other defining rectangular blocks and the main focus being the market cross which was replaced by the Old Market Hall. At least one medieval street, no longer in existence, has been posited between Great Oak Street and Mount Street. The church was tucked away in an unimportant part of the plantation, though linked to the main plan by several small streets.
The course of the borough defences utilising natural scarps in places has been detailed by O'Neil. It is assumed that the artificial defences comprised a wooden palisade and, in places, a wide ditch. There were two gateways known by name, High Gate on the west and Severn Porte on the north, and probably a third on the south-east, the site of which is lost. (Silvester 1992)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | SN955847 |
| Latitude | 52.4499893188477 |
| Longitude | -3.54102993011475 |
| Eastings | 295500 |
| Northings | 284700 |
