Radnor Forest

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Radnor Forest is not a forest in the usual sense of being a heavily wooded area, but in the medieval sense of "forest" being an unenclosed area used for hunting. It is a land of hill farming and great moorlands, with steep narrow valleys. The highest point is Great Rhos at 660m a broad featurless plateau.

There is a local legend that the last Welsh Dragon lies asleep deep in Radnor Forest and that long ago the people of this area built four churches in a circle around the forest. These were dedicated to St Michael, the conqueror of the dragon, to make sure he does not escape. Many believe that if any of these churches is destroyed the dragon will awake and ravage the countryside once more. The churches are Llanfihangel Cefnllys, Llanfihangel Rhydithon, Llanfihangel Nantmelan and Llanfihangel Cascob.


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