Mold Castle

Mold, Wales
Wales

Motte-and-bailey castle in Flintshire, Wales

Key Information

Construction

Castle Type

Current Status

12th century

Historical Overview

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.

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