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Holt Castle

Off Castle Garden
Holt
Wrexham
LL13 9AX
United Kingdom

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Holt Castle is located in the attractive planned village of Holt on the English-Welsh border.

The castle, now a ruin, is all that remains of a once-great structure that physically dominated the village and provided a base for the Marcher lords who ruled this area, the lordship of Bromfield and Yale, following the conquest of Wales by Edward I in 1282-83.

The castle is situated on the banks of the River Dee, just upstream from a strategic ford and medieval bridge that were throughout the middle ages and during the Civil War the main gateway into north Wales.

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Holt Castle, drawing,...

This drawing of Holt Castle in 1620 is not as accurate as the 1563 drawing but it provides much useful information about the castle. The drawing...

Holt Castle, plan, 1620

This plan reveals that the castle had a secret passage, controlled by an iron gate, which provided direct access from the river into the castle....

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A Mighty Castle

An introduction to Holt Castle,a mighty medieval fortress that once dominated the planted English borough of Holt and its surrounding Welsh...

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