Castles and forts in Wrexham

The Discover Alone map has 28 castles and forts in Wrexham, Wales. Below are the 28 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.

• Yew hedge and woodland at Chirk Castle GardenCastle, fort or towerYew hedge and woodland at Chirk Castle Garden is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps the hedge grows so…
• Window at Chirk CastleCastle, fort or towerWindow at Chirk Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps the window framed a valley so wide it…
• The Castle Inn, BryntegCastle, fort or towerThe Castle Inn, Brynteg is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps soldiers marched past its stones before…
• Rose garden at Chirk CastleCastle, fort or towerRose garden at Chirk Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps the roses grew so thick they hid the…
• Pontfadog TV-Relay TowerCastle, fort or towerPontfadog TV-Relay Tower is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a watchtower before becoming…
• Ornate gates, Chirk CastleCastle, fort or towerOrnate gates, Chirk Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps the gates still judge visitors by the…
• Mount Cop, CastleMotteMount Cop, Castle is a medieval motte in Wrexham, Wales, where a raised earthwork still marks the spot though the…
• Home Farm Visitor Centre at Chirk CastleCastle, fort or towerHome Farm Visitor Centre at Chirk Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps the farm buildings…
• Holt CastleCastleHolt Castle rose as a five-towered sandstone fortress above the River Dee, built between 1282 and 1311 for John de…
• Holt Castle RuinsCastleHolt Castle Ruins is a castle in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps its broken stones still hold the shape of rooms where people…
• Garden, Chirk CastleCastle, fort or towerGarden, Chirk Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps green things grew there, tangle and all…
• Farm at Starlings CastleCastle, fort or towerFarm at Starlings Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps the castle is buried under the farm or…
• Erddig, CastleMotte and BaileyErddig Castle rose as a motte and bailey during the Medieval period, its earthworks shaping the Wrexham landscape…
• Eastern side of Chirk CastleCastle, fort or towerEastern side of Chirk Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps the eastern stones faced the worst…
• Chirk Castle gardenCastle, fort or towerChirk Castle garden is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps the garden belongs to the castle rather than…
• Chirk CastleCastleChirk Castle stands in Wrexham, Wales, built in 1295 by Roger Mortimer de Chirk to guard the Ceiriog Valley for Edward…
• Biddulph Tower, on summit of Y FoelCastle, fort or towerBiddulph Tower, on summit of Y Foel is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps it watched the valley below…
• Adam's Tower, Chirk CastleCastle, fort or towerAdam's Tower, Chirk Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a watchful sentinel over…
• Chirk Castle - interior of courtyardCastle, fort or towerChirk Castle - interior of courtyard is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps soldiers marched past rooms…
• Gates to Chirk CastleCastle, fort or towerGates to Chirk Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps the gates stood tall enough to block the…
• Croesiolyn by Tower WoodCastle, fort or towerCroesiolyn by Tower Wood is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps stones still stand where wood shadows…
• Black sheep grazing at Chirk CastleCastle, fort or towerBlack sheep grazing at Chirk Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps the sheep know the castle…
• King Williams Tower; Trevor TowerTower HouseKing Williams Tower, also called Trevor Tower, stands in Wrexham as a Post Medieval tower house. Its exact rooms and…
• Adam's TowerCastle, fort or towerAdam's Tower is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps Adam built the tower to watch the valley, maybe the…
• Ha-Ha at Chirk Castle GardenCastle, fort or towerHa-Ha at Chirk Castle Garden is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps the ha-ha hides the garden edge from…
• Park at Chirk CastleCastle, fort or towerPark at Chirk Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps stones stood where grass grows now. Maybe…
• Chirk Castle EstateCastle, fort or towerA named place photographed at this map point in Wrexham.
• Roft Motte;Roft Castle MoundMotteRoft Motte rises in Wrexham as a Medieval castle mound, its earth shaped by human hands rather than natural chance. The…

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