Llanfihangel Nant Melan is a small village in Powys, Wales, in the ancient county of Radnorshire

Radnorshire

Radnorshire is one of thirteen historic and former administrative counties of Wales. It is represented by the Radnorshire area of Powys, which according to the 2001 census, had a population of 24,805...

. It is around 7 miles from the English border.

The village lies in a valley on the A44

A44 road

The A44 is a major road in the United Kingdom that runs from Oxford in southern England to Aberystwyth in west Wales.-History:The original route of the A44 was Chipping Norton to Aberystwyth. No changes were made to the route of the A44 in the early years...

 road on the edge of the Radnor Forest

Radnor Forest

Radnor Forest is a rock dome in Mid Wales, and a forest only in the mediæval sense of an unenclosed area used for hunting . The highest point is Great Rhos or Rhos Fawr, a broad featureless plateau which reaches , and a similar plateau adjoining to the east, Black Mixen is the only Nuttall to...

, and is home to a church and two pubs. The A481 road

A4081 road

The A4081 is a short section of A-road connecting the A483 in Llandrindod Wells to the A470 - the main north-to-south road through Wales. It provides convenient access from Llandrindod Wells to the A470 for traffic heading north...

 from Builth joins the A44 near here.
Above the village, and adjacent to the A44, can be found Crug Eryr Castle

Crug Eryr Castle

Crug Eryr Castle was a motte and bailey-style castle located atop a hill adjacent to the A44 about 2 miles northwest of Llanfihangel Nant Melan, near New Radnor in Powys, Wales...

, a motte-and-bailey structure noted for its association with the visit in 1188 of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Gerald of Wales.