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Holywell Castle Mound

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NPRN300557
Map ReferenceSJ17NE
Grid ReferenceSJ1857076300
Unitary (Local) AuthorityFlintshire
Old CountyFlintshire
CommunityHolywell
Type Of SiteMOTTE
PeriodMedieval
Description
1. A densely overgrown castle mound measuring 20m (E-W) by 15m and 2.5m high.
2. Set on a platform at the juncture of two dingles, overlooking St Winefride's Well (Nprn32328), this is an apparently ditchless mound.
Identified with the castle built at "Treffynnawn" in 1210.
(source Os495card; SJ17NE35)
J.Wiles 31.10.02