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 occupe la 92e place sur 6 412 au classement de renommée de cet atlas et le 6e rang des 82 que l’atlas recense au pays de Galles. Fondé en 1257, il est plus ancien que 73 % des monuments datés de l’atlas — l’un des 555 monuments de l’atlas fondés au XIIIe siècle. Voyez comment le pays de Galles se compare dans les statistiques des châteaux.

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