Ewloe Castle
| Ewloe Castle Castell Ewlo |
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_-_geograph.org.uk_-_551166.jpg) The ruins of the D-shaped keep of Ewloe Castle |
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| Creation time : | 13th Century | |
| Place: | Hawarden (Wales) | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 11 '58.9 " N , 3 ° 3' 56.5" W | |
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Ewloe Castle ( Welsh Castell Ewlo ) is a ruined castle in Flintshire , Wales . The ruin, classified as a Grade I cultural monument and protected as a Scheduled Monument , is located northwest of the city of Hawarden . The complex is typical of the stone castles built by the Welsh princes in the 13th century.
history
Little is known about the history of the small castle. The oldest and only contemporary mention of the castle comes from Pain de Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tibetot , who wrote in a report from 1311 that the castle was reconquered and expanded in 1257 by the Welsh prince Llywelyn ap Gruffydd . Some researchers suspect that a first castle was built as earth and wood fortifications by Prince Owain Gwynedd as early as the mid-12th century , but there is no evidence for this theory, the location is untypical for earthwork fortifications. It is believed that the castle was built in the first half of the 13th century by Prince Llywelyn from Iorwerth as a Welsh fortification against the nearby English Hawarden Castle . Before 1283, during the conquest of Wales by King Edward I , the castle fell into English hands. After that it had lost its military importance and fell into disrepair.
The facility is managed by Cadw and can be visited.
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investment
The castle is in a dominant position on a hill above the Wepre Brook to the north of the castle, to which the terrain slopes steeply, while on the east side another stream flows into the Wepre Brook. The castle had a deep moat carved into the rock facing the rising terrain on the south side and the east side. The castle consisted of two assemblies. In the higher eastern part of the castle was a mighty, D-shaped keep , as it is typical for Welsh castles of that time. The tower was two-story above the basement, of the living hall on the lower floor, lancet windows are still preserved on the south side. The tower was surrounded by a ring wall up to 4.5 m high . The lower western part of the castle was dominated by a two-storey round tower, this tower was also surrounded by a wall that connected to the higher wall around the keep in the north and south. The entrance to the castle led over an earth wall and a wooden bridge to the simple castle gate at the northeast corner of the curtain wall. Another simple gate then led from the upper courtyard into the lower western courtyard.
Today the complex has fallen into disrepair and is located in a densely forested area.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ British Listed Buildings: Ewloe Castle, Hawarden. Retrieved December 6, 2015 .