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Padeswood Mound, Leeswood

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Mold Rural; Bryn y Castell

In the community of Leeswood.
In the historic county of Flintshire.
Modern authority of Flintshire.
Preserved county of Clwyd.

OS Map Grid Reference: SJ27176210
Latitude 53.15101° Longitude -3.09040°

Padeswood Mound, Leeswood has been described as a Timber Castle although is doubtful that it was such.

There are earthwork remains.

Description

This site has been considered by some writers to be a castle but is rejected as such by Hogg and King in 1970. However in Castellarium Anglicanum (1983) King puts it in his possible category though he write probably natural. Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust records two mounds here the first described as a 'Large circular mound 50m in diameter almost certainly natural' and the second at SJ27176199 as a Bronze Age Round Barrow and add 'Large oval mound on Mold Golf Course is certainly natural - a moraine formed of gravel and pebbles (E.Davies 1949, 247). Considered a possible medieval motte by Spurgeon (Manley, J, Grenter, S & Gale, F, 1991, pp171).'

Comments

It is entirely possibly for a natural mound to be adapted as a motte. This is now in a Golf course, making reading the medieval landscape difficult although it looks as though the surrounding land was river valley marsh and meadow, important winter grazing, although not an area of settlement. The placename suggests some of the area was also woodland.

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Sources of information, references and further reading

The County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) for this site is/are 100092.

Books
- Reid, Alan, 1998, Castles of Wales (John Jones Publishing) p. 33 (reject)
  Manley, J., Grenter, S. and Gale, F., 1991, The Archaeology of Clwyd p. 171
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 155 (possible)
  RCAHMW, 1912, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Flintshire (HMSO) p. 59 no. 173 online copy
Periodical Articles
- Swallow, Rachel, 2016, 'Cheshire Castles of the Irish Sea Cultural Zone' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 173.2 p. 288-341
  Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1970, 'Castles in Wales and the Marches (Additions and corrections to lists published in 1963 and 1967)' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 119 p. 119-124 (reject)
  Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 112 p. 77-124 (possible)

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