Brecknockshire, also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon's one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, and a former administrative county. Geography Brecknockshire's bounded to the north by Radnorshire, to the east by Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, to the south by Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, and west by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire. The county's predominantly rural and mountainous. The Black Mountains occupy the southeast of the area, the Brecon Beacon… (More on Brecknockshire)