Ewloe Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Youley; Yollo; Eulo; Egloe; Eggelawe

In the community of Hawarden.
In the historic county of Flintshire (Modern authority of Flintshire, preserved county of Clwyd).

A two storeyed "D" shaped tower, c.16m E-W by 11m, is set within an irregular encloure, c.28-31m in diameter, defined by scarping and revetting a natural knoll. On the W a second, lower enclosure abutts, having a circular tower, c.13m in diameter, at its W end. The work is deeply ditched on the S, with a substantial counterscarp, the ground falling away on the N. The site is set within a wooded dingled. A castle built c.1257 and thought to have been disused after 1277. Probably built by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. The identification by Ella Armitage of Ewloe with the Eggelawe castle mentioned several times in 1212-13 is dismissed by King.

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Major remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Not known if listed listed building protected by law*.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ28826752

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Monuments Record number; 94447

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 100050

• Web site links
  • http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/default.asp?id=6&PlaceID=74
    http://www.castlewales.com/ewloe.html
    http://www.greatcastlesofwales.co.uk/ewloe.htm
    http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_wales/117/ewloecastle.htm
• Books
  • Pettifer, Adrian, 2000, Welsh Castles, A Guide by Counties (Boydell Press) p71-2
    Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles of North Wales (Malvern) p66-7
    Reid, Alan, 1998, Castles of Wales (John Jones Publishing) p81-2
    Davis, Paul R., 1988, Castles of the Welsh Princes (Swansea)
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p152 Vol2 p561
    Avent, Richard, 1983, Castles of the Princes of Gwynedd (Cardiff)
    Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p352
    Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
    Neaverson, E., 1947, Mediaeval Castles in North Wales: A study of Sites, Water Supply, and Building Stones (London) p34-5
    Armitage, Ella, 1912, The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles (London: John Murray) p271
    RCAHMW, 1912, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Flintshire (HMSO) p37-9
    
• Journal Articles
  • Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol116 p71-132
    King, D.J.C., 1966, ‘Ewloe Castle’, The 113th Annual Meeting in Chester, 1966, CAA p26-7
    Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press)] pp90-121
    Taylor et al, 1946-7, Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol99 p325-7
    1937, Archaeological Journal Vol94 p321-3
    Hemp, W.J., 1928, 'The Castle of Ewloe and the Welsh Castle Plan' Y Cymmrodor, Vol39 p1-19
    Hemp, W.J., 1927-8, Llandudno Field Club Vol14 p37-9 [abridgement of Y Cymmrodor article]
    1922, Flintshire Historical Society Vol8 p51-4
    Davies-Cooke, 1891, Archaeologia Cambrensis [ser5] Vol8 p1-7
• Guidebooks
  • Renn, Derek and Avent, Richard, 2001, FLINT CASTLE — EWLOE CASTLE (CADW)
    Hemp, W.J., 1929, EWLOE CASTLE (HMSO)
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol3 p93