Carno
Sign in to saveCarno is a village and community in Powys, Wales. It was also a parish in the historic county of Montgomeryshire, comprising the townships of Derlwyn, Llysyn and Trowscoed. It is in the geographical centre of Wales.
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Place details
- Locality
- Carno
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 730
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image
- Church of St John the Baptist, Carno (geograph 166483).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of St John the Baptist, Carno
- UK place.official_name
- Carno
- UK place.population
- 730
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Powys
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Powys
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Montgomeryshire
- UK place.post_town
- CAERSWS
- UK place.postcode_district
- SY17
- UK place.postcode_area
- SY
- UK place.dial_code
- 01686
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SN961965
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Carno is a village and community in Powys, Wales. It was also a parish in the historic county of Montgomeryshire, comprising the townships of Derlwyn, Llysyn and Trowscoed. It is in the geographical centre of Wales.
==History== thumb|left|150px|Carno house, c.1885. A Roman Fort named Gaer Noddfa is located next to the churchyard on the bank of the Afon Carno. The site encompasses a rectangular area by . A large mound occupies part of the fort; pottery found nearby indicate medieval usage but suggestions that it was a Norman fortification like a motte have been rejected.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carno” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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