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Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Penharddlech; Penarlag; Hawurd; Harden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 is a scheduled monument protected by law. This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ31976537

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's National Monument Record (Coflein) number is 95095
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 100164; 100165 '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.

• Web site links
  • http://www.castlewales.com/hawrdn.html
    http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_wales/117/hawardencastle.htm
    http://www.ecastles.co.uk/hawarden.html
• Books
  • Morgan, Gerald, 2008, Castles in Wales: A Handbook (Talybont: Y Lolfa Cyf.) p126-8
    Gravett, Christopher, 2007, The Castles of Edward I in Wales 1277-1307 (Osprey Fortress series 64)
    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
    Burnham, H., 1995, A Guide to Ancient and Historic Wales: Clwyd and Powys (Cadw, London)
    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
    Willett, R., 1922, A memoir of Hawarden (Chester)
    Lewis, Samual, 1849, A Topographical Dictionary of Wales http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47832#s13
    Grose, Francis, 1787, The Antiquities of England and Wales (London) Vol7 p54-8
    Pennant, T., 1778, A tour in Wales
    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 p249-280 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p90-121] http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266%28195904%2974%3A291%3C249%3AALOC1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P
    1922, Flintshire Historical Society Journal Vol8 p54-6
    Bell-Jones, 1921, Archaeological Cambrensis Vol76 p355-8
    Clark, G.T., 1889, 'Contribution towards a complete list of moated mounds or burhs' The Archaeological Journal Vol46 p197-217 esp201 [listed as in Cheshire] http://www.archive.org/stream/archaeologicaljo46brit#page/197/mode/1up
    Clark, G.T., 1870, 'Hawarden Castle, Flintshire' The Archaeological Journal Vol27 p239-54 [reprinted in Medieval Military Architecture]
    Hartshorne, C.H., 1858, 'De Monalto' The Archaeological Journal Vol15 p249-52 http://www.archive.org/stream/archaeologicaljo15brit#page/249/mode/1up
• Guidebooks
  • Gladstone, E.W., 1974, Hawarden Old Castle (Privately published)
    
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Rickard, John, 2002, The Castle Community. The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422 (Boydell Press) [lists sources for 1272-1422] p199-200
• 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]