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Chirk Castle (Welsh: Castell y Waun) is a Grade I listed castle located in Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales, [1] [2] 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Chirk railway station, now owned and run by the National Trust.
Wrexham County Borough is in north-east Wales, straddling the ancient border earthwork Offa's Dyke.There are 107 scheduled monuments in the county borough. The 29 Bronze Age and Iron Age sites are mainly found to the west of Offa's dyke, and are in the main burial mounds and hillforts on the uplands.
Caernarfon Castle Dolbadarn Castle A reconstruction of Holt Castle in 1495. Wales is sometimes called the "castle capital of the world" because of the large number of castles in a relatively small area. [1] [2] Wales had about 600 castles, [3] of which over 100 are still standing, either as ruins or as restored buildings. The rest have returned ...
Location Image Description Chirk Castle: Castle 1981 Chirk LL14 5AF: 14th century castle of the time of Edward I, aggrandised over several hundred years by the Myddleton family, and in the 20th century by Lord Howard de Waldon. [53] Erddig: Mansion and estate 1973
Afon Dyfrdwy (River Dee) SSSI; Berwyn; Chirk Castle and Parkland; Chwarel Singret; Cloy Brook Pastures; Coedwig Ffosil Brymbo Fossil Forest; Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses
Beaumaris Castle: Beaumaris Castle: Castle World Heritage Site. [3] Pay: Isle of Anglesey: Beaumaris: Anglesey: SH607762 postcode LL58 8AP: 4] Blaenavon Ironworks: Industrial World Heritage Site. [5] Free: Torfaen: Blaenavon: Monmouthshire: SO249092 postcode NP4 9RN
In Wales, the authority for listing under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 [2] rests with Cadw. This is a list of the 90 Grade II listed buildings in the community of Chirk , in Wrexham County Borough .
Chirk Castle. The disturbances in Wales caused the Lancastrians to have Chirk removed from office in January 1315. But when the Principality returned to peace, Chirk was re-appointed to post of Justiciar of North Wales in October 1316. [18]