LLYS EDWIN, MOATED HOUSE SITE

Site Details

NPRN
92921
Map Reference
SJ26NW
Grid Reference
SJ23646933
Unitary (Local) Authority
Flintshire
Old County
Flintshire
Community
Northop
Type of Site
FORTIFIED HOUSE
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
Medieval

Site Description

Cadw SAM No.=FL023
1. A moated site measuring some 50m across within which lay the reamins of a building excavated in the 1930s. On the Sw are the remains of a second moat.
2. A rectangular, moated enclosure, c.58m NE-SW by 54m. Excavation in 1931 indicated a multiphase moated mansion, focussed on the N quadrant.
A possible fishpond, c.86m by 18m is aligned with the SW arm of the moat and earthworks on the NE may indicate the presence of a formal garden.
Finds indicate a l.13th-e.14th c. occupation.
(source Os495card; SJ26NW1)
Possible garden earthworks have been noted, c.200m WNW (Nprn308650).
RCAHMW AP965139/61-2
J.Wiles 20.11.02