LEESWOOD HALL MOTTE;MOUNT, THE

Site Details

NPRN
300651
Map Reference
SJ26SE
Grid Reference
SJ25276149
Unitary (Local) Authority
Flintshire
Old County
Flintshire
Community
Leeswood
Type of Site
PROSPECT MOUND
Broad Class
Unassigned
Period
Medieval;Post Medieval

Site Description

1. A flat-topped earthen mound measuring 35m (NW-SE) by 30m (9.8m x 11.6m across the top) and 5m high has been incorporated into the gardens of Leeswood Hall.
2. The mound is partly encompassed by a quarry ditch which appears recent, and is thought to be an ornamental landscape feature.
(source Os495card; SJ26SE23)
Two stone benches from an original four, set about a stone table (Nprn23058), remain, somewhat crazily, on the summit of the mound.
Associated with:
Leeswood hall (Nprn35974)
Park/gardens (Nprn86591).
RCAHMW AP945166/66-7
J. Wiles 07.07.04