MOUNT COP, CASTLE

Site Details

NPRN
307183
Map Reference
SJ44SE
Grid Reference
SJ47034096
Unitary (Local) Authority
Wrexham
Old County
Flintshire
Community
Bronington
Type of Site
MOTTE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

A ditched mound, c.54m N-S by 47m and c.3.0m high, findspot for Roman coins.
(source Os495card; SJ44SE5)
APs show a counterscarp on the N & W of the motte ditch, as well as a rectangular ditched enclosure, c.30-40m across, abutting on the E, a return for its ditch being depicted on OS County Series (1881), which shows a conifer clump & an OS trig. pillar on the motte top.
RCAHMW AP955019/61-5
J.Wiles 23.12.03