The Gatehouse website record for Egwys Cross Motte

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Eglwys Cross, Mount Cop Castle; Tybroughton

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

A ditched mound, c.54m N-S by 47m and c.3.0m high, findspot for Roman coins. APs show a counterscarp on the N and W of the motte ditch, as well as a rectangular ditched enclosure, c.30-40m across, abutting on the E, a return for its ditch being depicted on OS County Series (1881), which shows a conifer clump and an OS trig. pillar on the motte top. Large turf-covered mound and encircling ditch. Base of mound measures 48m W-E and 49.5m N-S. The ditch bottom is between 3.8-4.5m below the top of the mound. Ditch has a counterscarp bank which is particularly prominent on the W and N sides and up to 2m above the ditch bottom. It is not visible on the E side. Indications of terraces east of the mound may be the results of quarrying, or are perhaps the remains of the bailey, truncated by the road

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ47034096

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's National Monument Record (Coflein) number is 307183; 268111
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 100207 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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