What is recorded here

Powis Castle Park and Gardens, Welshpool stands as a Post Medieval terraced garden where stone steps carve a steep valley into a living staircase. The land may have held people long before the castle rose, yet the visible shape belongs to human patience and ambition.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Powis Castle Park and Gardens, Welshpool as Terraced Garden; Country House Garden from the Post Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Powis Castle Park and Gardens were developed primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries by the Clive family, who held the castle and surrounding lands. The gardens are important as a fine example of formal and landscape gardening in Wales, reflecting the tastes and status of the Welsh gentry during the post-medieval period.

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