Caergwrle Roundhouse

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Overview

Nation   Wales

County   Flintshire

Location   Opposite Ye Olde Castle pub, junction of Castle Street and High Street,  Caergwrle

Map location   exact or closely approximate

Year opened   Unknown

Year closed   Unknown

Century of Operation   1800-1899

Building Type   Lock-Up

Remarks   Gastineau's 1830s sketch (below) of the Roundhouse shows it well maintained and apparently still in use. The 1879 Ordnance Survey map of Flintshire shows location of lock-up with adjacent animal pound but its condition is not known. The building is not marked on the map published in 1900.

Description: Caergwrle, Flintshire by Henry Gastineau (engraver H. Jorden)

Photo by: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales

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