Bronllys

Detached Tower of St Mary's Church, Bronllys
Bronllys Location within Powys
Area	12.2 km2 (4.7 sq mi) [1]
Population	853 (2011)[2]
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SO144350
• Cardiff	58 km (36 mi) South
• London	223 km (139 mi) East
Community	Bronllys
Principal area	Powys
Preserved county	Powys
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRECON
Postcode district	LD3
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Brecon and Radnorshire
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Brecon and Radnorshire
List of places UK Wales Powys 52°00′25″N 3°14′56″W / 52.007°N 3.249°W / 52.007; -3.249

Bronllys is a village and community situated in Powys, Wales, nestled between the towns of Brecon and Talgarth. The village is part of the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) and serves as an electoral ward for Powys County Council. The community also encompasses the nearby village of Llyswen.

Bronllys has recently seen infrastructure improvements with the construction of a bypass as part of the Talgarth Relief Road and Bronllys Bypass scheme, which has helped to ease traffic congestion in the area. Despite its small size, the village offers amenities such as a swimming pool, a small leisure centre, a post office, and a hospital.

One of the village's notable historical landmarks is Bronllys Castle, a motte and bailey fortress standing south of the village, towards Talgarth. The castle was originally founded around 1100 by Richard Fitz Pons, the owner of the adjacent Herefordshire barony of Clifford, who was a supporter of Bernard of Neufmarché, the Lord of Brecknock (in which the land around Bronllys fell). The castle initially featured a wooden structure typical of the motte-and-bailey design.

By the time it became a crown property in 1521, Bronllys Castle had fallen into significant disrepair, a fact recorded by the antiquarian John Leland. By 1583, the castle's condition had deteriorated further. Today, the castle is managed by Cadw, the organization responsible for preserving historic monuments in Wales, and it is open to the public between April and October.^[3]

The minor Welsh bard Bedo Brwynllys lived in Bronllys in the 15th century. His poetry is characteristic of a follower or imitator of Dafydd ap Gwilym and is mainly love poetry or religious poetry and some eulogistic poems such as his elegy for Sir Richard Herbert of Coldbrook, written in 1469.

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward includes Erwood and at the 2011 Census had a total population of 1,282.^[4] The ward elects a county councillor to Powys County Council.

• Remfry, P.M., The Castles of Breconshire [Logaston, 1999]

• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Bronllys and surrounding area