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Castell y Fflint is a medieval castle located in Flintshire, north-east Wales, founded in the late thirteenth century as part of Edward I's conquest and fortification of Wales. The castle comprises a distinctive circular keep or tower known as a drum tower, surrounded by defensive walls and a water-filled moat, reflecting the military architecture of the period. Though substantially ruined, the surviving structure demonstrates the strategic importance placed on controlling this region during the English subjugation of Welsh territories. The site remains under the guardianship of Cadw, Wales's historic monuments service.
Castell y Fflint is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL003. View the official record →
Castell y Fflint is a medieval castle located in Flintshire, north-east Wales, founded in the late thirteenth century as part of Edward I's conquest and fortification of Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference FL003.
Castell y Fflint dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a castle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Castell y Fflint is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is FL003.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wat's Dyke: Section from Chester-Holywell Road to Soughton Farm (5.8 km), Wat's Dyke: Section SE of Clawdd Offa (6.4 km), Wat's Dyke: Section N & E of New Brighton (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Castell y Fflint's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Castell y Fflint stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.