Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
28
Building Number
Grade
I
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/07/1962
Date of Amendment
06/05/1998
Name of Property
Caergwrle Castle
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Hope
Town
Locality
Caergwrle
Easting
330702
Northing
357228
Street Side
E
Location
Strikingly-sited on a high natural hilltop site in the centre of Caergwrle; accessed via a path leading from the main road.
Description
Broad Class
Defence
Period
History
Early medieval castle of importance during the period of the Edwardian conquest. It was granted by Edward I to his ally Dafydd ap Gruffydd (brother of Llywelyn) in 1277 and was damaged following the revolt of 1282. Some of the present fabric may relate to a programme of rebuiding and repair initiated by Master Richard of Chester and continued by James of St George, for King Edward. The castle was damaged by fire following its grant by King Edward to Queen Eleanor in 1283 and appears to have been little used subsequently.
Exterior
Castle remains within a series of man-made earthworks. The surviving walls are ruinous and are constructed of local rubble with squared freestone facing blocks. The remains consist of a fragmentary inner bailey curtain wall of irregular plan with remains of projecting elongated D-shaped towers to the N and SE of the complex. Evidence for a newel stair and latrine chamber can be found in the thickness of the curtain wall just W of the N tower.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed Grade I for its special importance as an early Medieval castle with strong historical connections.
Scheduled Ancient Monument, FL 020.
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