Connahs Hey Mound
Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (MotteOther/Unknown), and also as a Questionable Siege Work
There are no visible remains
Name | Connahs Hey Mound |
Alternative Names | Connah's Hill; Conna's He; Connah's Quay |
Historic Country | Flintshire |
Modern Authority | Flintshire |
1974 Authority | Clwyd |
Community | Hawarden |
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust record reads 'Llwyd (Lhuyd), Pennant and Lewis all refer to a mound, probably motte, on road to Chester in village adjoining Hawarden called Connahs He. Two fields called Big and Little Connahs Hey are known but mound is not.' Lewis writes 'To the west of the church are the remains of an ancient British encampment, called Truman's Hill; and near Broad-lane House are vestiges of another, called Connah's Hill.' Broad Lane was the township in which Hawarden castle was located, but I can not locate a Broad Lane House (Broad Lane house was the name given to the building on which site the castellated mansion called Hawarden Castle was built in the 1750. Lewis separately described the building so his Broad Lane house must be another building). The field names are south of H castle (CPAT give the map ref–SJ327648) but the description of the mound being on the Chester road suggest the mound was north of H castle.
Not scheduled
Not Listed
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid Reference | SJ322654 |
Latitude | 53.1811790466309 |
Longitude | -3.01598000526428 |
Eastings | 332200 |
Northings | 365400 |