Wales · Ruin
Hawarden Old Castle
Hawarden Old Castle is a medieval castle site near Hawarden in Flintshire, Wales, now a scheduled monument and Grade I listed. Its earliest fortifications may be Iron Age earthworks and it was later a Norman motte-and-bailey that was rebuilt in stone in the 13th century. The castle was involved in major events of the 13th-century Welsh struggles and was slighted after the English Civil War; its ruins stand on the New Hawarden Castle estate.
First raised
1277
Its prime
1282
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1282
The shape it held in its prime.
A 13th-century stone castle occupying a raised motte and surrounded by a defended bailey and curtain wall set into older earthwork slopes; the principal silhouette is a compact stone enclosure atop a raised earthen mound with surrounding ditches and low baileys. At its prime the stone curtain would be continuous around the top of the motte, with an inner open yard and ancillary buildings sited against the inner wall faces, all set within parkland.
Step inside
5 places to explore in 1282.
The record describes 5 distinct spots at Hawarden Old Castle — including the full exterior approach. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Hawarden Old Castle with the fires lit.
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