Wales · 11th century
Twthill (Welsh: Twtil) is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle located near Rhuddlan, Denbighshire in North Wales. The earth and timber castle was built during the Norman invasion of Wales in the late 11th century. It was superseded by the much larger, stone-built Rhuddlan Castle which was built 200 years later during the Conquest of Wales by Edward I in the late 13th century.
The historic names for the site include Toothill or Tot Hill; it is been referred to as Old Rhuddlan Castle. The only remaining parts are the large mound of the motte, and traces of the wall that surrounded the bailey.
Text adapted from “Twthill, Rhuddlan” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Twthill ranks #6,013 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #100 of the 107 mapped in Wales. Founded c. 1073, it is older than 88% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 436 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Liverpool, 34 km away. It is one of the 27 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of North Wales. See how Wales compares in the castle statistics.
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