Flint Castle, Fintshire, Wales. Looking south at ruined north wall and towers. Seen from mudflats of Dee Estuary at sunrise.
Flint Castle, Fintshire, Seen from mudflats of Dee Estuary,looking south at sunrise at ruined north wall and towers. First of the castles and deliberately founded fortified towns of Edward I’s North Wales conquest: begun Sunday 25 July 1277, finished by 1284. The name Flint may refer to the ‘striking point’ of Edward’s campaign. Unusual plan of square inner ward with round tower at each corner. Shakespeare makes Flint setting for final capture of Richard II by Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, soon to be Henry IV: Richard heard Mass then went upon walls to watch the enemy host approach along seashore. Flint played no part in Wars of the Roses but changed hands several times during English Civil War surrendering finally to Parliament 1646. This view catches the essence of the viewpoint painted by J M W Turner where ships were beached on the mudflats to unload/load cargo.
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Location: Flint, Flintshire, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Jean Williamson / Alamy / Afripics
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