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Hawarden 'Old' Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Flintshire, Wales. Perhaps its stones still hold the shape of hands that built them, waiting for someone to remember the weight of that labour. Maybe the ruin resists forgetting because it was never finished, only abandoned mid-thought.

A named place photographed at this map point in Flintshire.

Hawarden 'Old' Castle was built by the de Montalt family in the 13th century and later held by the Earls of Chester. It is important as a medieval stronghold associated with the powerful noble families of north-east Wales and as a precursor to the later, more famous Hawarden Castle.