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Open Country: The Radnorshire Dragon

16/08/2018

The Radnorshire Dragon

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, The Radnorshire Dragon

Ian Marchant hunts for dragons in the landscape of Radnorshire in Wales.

Ian Marchant hunts for dragons, real and imaginary, in the spooky and fantastic landscape of Radnorshire in Wales. He'll meet a sleeping dragon in Presteigne made by blacksmith Peter Smith; he'll look at the range of hills known as the 'dragon's back' with writer Phil Rickman and he'll hunt for newts - which are tiny dragons, after all - in Radnor Forest. And he'll find out why so many churches in Radnorshire are dedicated to St Michael. It turns out they're all needed to hold down the Radnorshire dragon, or the evil forces it represents. 

Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery.

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