Ewloe Castle

Ewloe Castle (Welsh: Castell Ewloe) is a native Welsh castle built by the Kingdom of Gwynedd near the village of Ewloe in Flintshire, Wales. The castle, which was one of the last fortifications to be built by the native Princes of Wales, was abandoned at the beginning of the invasion of Wales by Edward I in 1277. Using locally quarried sandstone, its construction appears to have continued piecemeal over many years and may have not been completed. On taking the castle, the English Crown gave it little military value and allowed it to fall into ruin.

Ewloe was sited on high ground within Tegeingl, a cantref in the Perfeddwlad, the lands of north-east Wales. Standing near the Chester road, it maintained a strategic position near the Wales–England border. The castle is on a steeply sloped promontory within a forested valley. It overlooks the junction of two streams with higher ground to the south.

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Ewloe Castle ocupa el puesto 92 de 6412 en el mundo en la clasificación de fama de este atlas y el n.º 6 de los 82 que el atlas cartografía en Gales. Fundado en 1257, más antiguo que el 73% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 555 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XIII. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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