Forums Forums Wirral History : Chasing the Past History Information Request more ruins like Flint Castle

i have always been very interested in old ruins like this one... as i dont know much really, are there anything else simular to flint castle, very old ruins around wirral, or wales just as close to liverpool as flint castle is??

any pictures??. would be interested to read up about the places

not exactly ruins, but there's a great mott and bailey at Shotwick Castle. Wirral's only Norman castle.

Theres Ewloe castle in wepre wood. Its only a small ruin but its in a beautiful setting

Caergwrle,near wrexham,nice day out!

I was here yesterday, take a picnic and a camera, it's stunning. Caergwrle is good too, as the castle sits within an Iron Age hillfort

pics on here mate https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/445626/Ewloe_castle_flint.html#Post445626

Beeston Castle, just outside of Chester is worth a view. Also if you visit on the first Wednesday of the month they have a really good market & auction not far from the site.

IIRC correctly there is an Abbey somewhere in North Wales, been a long time since i been so can't remember the name.

Valley crucis abbey,llangollen maybe?

Or possibly basingwerk abbey near holywell ,

I was thinking it was near Llangollen, so it may be Valley Crucis Abbey. Especially, given the name, i assume it is in a valley, and you can see it from the road below you, which is what i remember?

Google says you have to pay there now, i never remember having to pay in the past.

Here's a link to the website:

Valle Crucis Abbey

Greenfield Valley Heritage Park

What is left of basingwerk abbey.

Nice place to look around and not far away.

We stumbled upon this place today when we were visiting the horseshoe pass, nice old place. Built around 1105 irc

Yeah nice isn't ste,great place llangollen!