HOLYWELL CASTLE MOUND

Site Details

NPRN
300557
Map Reference
SJ17NE
Grid Reference
SJ18577630
Unitary (Local) Authority
Flintshire
Old County
Flintshire
Community
Holywell
Type of Site
MOTTE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site 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