Llanhamlach

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Llanhamlach
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Interior of the church of St.Peter and St. Illtyd
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Llanhamlach
Location within Powys
OS grid reference SO0826
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRECON
Postcode district LD
Dialling code 01874
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
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51°55′40″N3°19′25″W / 51.9279°N 3.3235°W / 51.9279; -3.3235 Coordinates: 51°55′40″N3°19′25″W / 51.9279°N 3.3235°W / 51.9279; -3.3235

Llanhamlach is a village in rural Powys, Wales about 4 miles east of Brecon, in the community of Llanfrynach. It had a railway junction called Talyllyn Junction.

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History

Previously part of Brecknock Rural District, Llanhamlach was in the county of Brecknockshire before becoming part of Powys. A standing stone, called the Peterstone, is along the course of a suspected Roman Road. [ citation needed ]

Church

There is a church dedicated to the saints Peter and Illtyd, which is noted for an early medieval carving of two exhibitionist figures. [1] [2]

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