When did Battle of Mold Castle take place?

Battle of Mold Castle took place in 1199, Wales.

Who won Battle of Mold Castle?

The victor at Battle of Mold Castle is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Medieval

Battle of Mold Castle

1199

Wales

Era

Medieval

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Wales

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Battle of Mold Castle was a medieval pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Wales in 1199. Which side prevailed is not recorded in the surviving sources, and its outcome is not conclusively established in the historical record. It falls within the medieval period, an age of dynastic succession disputes, baronial revolt and border warfare fought by feudal levies, mounted knights and town militias.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Battle of Mold Castle lies on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.

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Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Mold Castle

The Bailey Hill, Mold

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0 mi

Bailey Hill, Mold is a motte and bailey castle situated in Flintshire, Wales, representing one of the region's Norman defensive settlements. The monument comprises a substantial mound, characteristic of early medieval fortification strategy, which would originally have supported a timber palisade…

Llywelyn2000 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Wat's Dyke: Sections S of Bryn y Bal

Scheduled monument · Early Medieval · ~1.4 mi

Wat's Dyke: Sections S of Bryn y Bal is a early medieval linear earthwork situated in Wales. The monument forms part of Wat's Dyke, a substantial earthen bank and ditch that runs for approximately forty miles across the Welsh-English border region. This section south of Bryn y Bal survives as an…

Iain Patterson from Mold, UK / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Wat's Dyke: Section SE of Clawdd Offa

Scheduled monument · Early Medieval · ~1.7 mi

Wat's Dyke: Section SE of Clawdd Offa is an early medieval linear earthwork in Wales, constructed as a substantial bank and ditch barrier across the landscape. Built during the seventh and eighth centuries, the dyke represents one of the earliest large-scale earthworks in the region, predating th…

J Scott / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Ministry of Supply Valley Site

Scheduled monument · Post Medieval/Modern · ~1.9 mi

Ministry of Supply Valley Site is a post-medieval and modern ordnance factory located in Wales, protected by Cadw as monument FL210. The factory represents twentieth-century industrial heritage, reflecting Britain's investment in munitions production during periods of national defence. Built upon…

Mike Searle / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Wat's Dyke: Section from Chester-Holywell Road to Soughton Farm

Scheduled monument · Early Medieval · ~2 mi

Wat's Dyke: Section from Chester-Holywell Road to Soughton Farm is an early medieval linear earthwork in Wales, constructed on bedrock of the Millstone Grit Group comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposits formed during the Namurian period. The dyke represents a frontier earthwork of e…

Eirian Evans / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Wat's Dyke: Section W of Garreg-Lwyd

Scheduled monument · Early Medieval · ~2.7 mi

Wat's Dyke: Section W of Garreg-Lwyd is an early medieval linear earthwork forming part of the longer Wat's Dyke system in Wales. This section occupies ground underlain by Pennine and South Wales Lower Coal Measures, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposits laid down during the We…

Eirian Evans / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Rhual-Isaf Round Barrow

Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~0.7 miles

Tyddyn Castle Mound

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.3 miles

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