PRESTATYN CASTLE

Site Details

NPRN
92922
Map Reference
SJ08SE
Grid Reference
SJ0723283309
Unitary (Local) Authority
Denbighshire
Old County
Flintshire
Community
Prestatyn
Type of Site
CASTLE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

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