Hawarden Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Penharddlech; Penarlag; Hawurd; Harden

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

Norman earthwork motte survives of an early castle that was later built in stone by Edward I c1280. A well preserved circular keep and scant remains of a rectangular tower remain from the stone castle.

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle
Timber 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 Grade 2 listed building protected by law*.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ31976537

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; 95095

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 100164, 100165

• Web site links
  • http://www.castlewales.com/hawrdn.html
    http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_wales/117/hawardencastle.htm
• Books
  • Pettifer, Adrian, 2000, Welsh Castles, A Guide by Counties (Boydell Press) p75-6
    Reid, Alan, 1998, Castles of Wales (John Jones Publishing) p91
    Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles of North Wales (Malvern) p71--3
    Taylor, A.J., 1986, The Welsh Castles of Edward I (Hambledon Press) p37-8
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus)
    Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p358
    Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
    Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works, vol1: the Middle Ages (London) p329-30
    Neaverson, E., 1947, Mediaeval Castles in North Wales: A study of Sites, Water Supply, and Building Stones (London) p25-6
    RCAHMW, 1912, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Flintshire (HMSO) p35-7
    Clark, G.T., 1884, Medieval military architecture in England (Wyman and Sons) Vol2 p88-99
    Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol3 (London) p418-20
    Grose, Francis, 1787, The Antiquities of England and Wales (London) Vol7 p54-8
    Buck, Samuel and Nathenial, 1774, Buck’s Antiquities (London) Vol2 p392
• 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, ‘Hawarden Castle’, The 113th Annual Meeting in Chester, 1966, CAA p28-9
    Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol112 p77-124
    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
    1922, Flintshire Historical Society Journal Vol8 p54-6
    Bell-Jones, 1921, Archaeological Cambrensis [ser7] Vol1 p355-8
    Clark, G.T., 1870, 'Hawarden Castle, Flintshire' Archaeological Journal Vol27 p239-54 [reprinted in Medieval Military Architecture]
    Hartshorne, 1858, Archaeological Journal Vol15 p249-52
• Guidebooks
  • Gladstone, E.W., 1974, Hawarden Old Castle (Privately published)
    
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/glameng.html#flint5]