ERDDIG, CASTLE

Site Details

NPRN
307144
Map Reference
SJ34NW
Grid Reference
SJ32724865
Unitary (Local) Authority
Wrexham
Old County
Denbighshire
Community
Marchwiel
Type of Site
MOTTE AND BAILEY
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

An earthwork castle set on the end of a promontory above the confluence of the Afon Clywedog on the E and the Black Brook on the W & N. Wat's Dyke (nprn 306867) runs along the W of the site.
Two enclosures were formed by scarps and ditches, an oval N motte, c.38m E-W by 30m, and a subrectangular bailey, c.78m E-W by 72m, to the S.
Thought to be 'the castle of Wristleham', mentioned 1161.
The site has been altered by landscaping associated with Erddig Park (nprn 86570).
(source OS495card; SJ34NW4)
RCAHMW AP955074/41-2; 965134/55; 965135/56
J.Wiles 25.11.02