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Mold Castle
Motte-and-bailey castle in Flintshire, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mold Castle (Welsh: Castell yr Wyddgrug), also known as Bailey Hill in the town of Mold, Flintshire, north-east Wales, is a motte-and-bailey castle erected around 1072, probably by the Norman Robert de Montalt under instructions from Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester. Little remains except the mound on which the motte was built. It stands close to the 15th-century parish church, St Mary's Church near the centre of the town.[2]
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Mold Castle Bailey Hill | |
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Type | Motte-and-bailey castle[1] |
Location | Mold, Flintshire, Wales[1] |
Nearest city | Wrexham |
Coordinates | 53.17038°N 3.14544°W / 53.17038; -3.14544 |
Location in Flintshire | |
Official name | The Bailey Hill, Mold[1] |
Reference no. | FL014[1] |
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