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Hawarden Castle is a medieval fortress situated in Flintshire, Wales, founded in the late thirteenth century as a stronghold of the Marcher lords. The castle comprises a substantial motte-and-bailey earthwork with a stone keep, representing typical defensive architecture of the Anglo-Norman period in the Welsh borderlands. The site underwent significant development and fortification during the fourteenth century, reflecting the strategic importance of controlling this section of the Welsh March. The castle remains an important example of medieval defensive architecture and settlement hierarchy in the region, with visible earthworks and stonework testifying to centuries of occupation and use.
Hawarden Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL016. View the official record →
Hawarden Castle is a medieval fortress situated in Flintshire, Wales, founded in the late thirteenth century as a stronghold of the Marcher lords. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference FL016.
Hawarden Castle dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a castle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Hawarden Castle 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 FL016.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wat's Dyke: Section N of Carlton Grange (6.5 km), Wat's Dyke: Section N of Bryn Estyn (6.7 km), Wat's Dyke: Section N of the Rectory, Hope (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hawarden Castle'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.
Hawarden Castle stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.