Lion Hotel Caerhowell
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Lion Hotel Caerhowell
Image: © John Firth Taken: 24 Jun 2009
Listed building records indicate that the earlier part of the building dates to about 1700. The inn stands on what was once an important crossroad where the road up the Severn Valley (of Roman origin) crossed the road from Montgomery (and points east) to Bettws Cedewain (and points north west). What is now marked as a public right of way, alongside the hotel, was the road to the Caerhowel Bridge which crossed the Severn here from at least 1600 (and probably from 1250). The last bridge closed around 1785 and a replacement built some 300 yards upstream.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.573411
Longitude
-3.178047