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Prestatyn Castle

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NPRN92922
Map ReferenceSJ08SE
Grid ReferenceSJ0723283309
Unitary (Local) AuthorityDenbighshire
Old CountyFlintshire
CommunityPrestatyn
Type Of SiteCASTLE
PeriodMedieval
Description
1. A castle excavated in 1913 that consists of a roughly rectangular enclosure defined by traces of walling with an external ditch. There is a projection, possibly a gate, on the northern side.
A low circular ditched motte, c.20m in diameter and 0.9m high, is placed eccentricly within the enclosure. A causeway leads c.60m east-south-east.
(source Os495card; SJ08SE38)
J.Wiles, RCAHMW, 15 October 2002

2. Very clear parchmarks were recorded during Royal Commission aerial reconnaissance on 19th July 2018, during the 2018 drought, revealing buried details of the earthwork castle.

T. Driver, RCAHMW 2019