Flint Castle in Flintshire was built for Edward I during his conquest of Wales. Richard L'Engenour began the work in 1277, and the Savoyard master mason James of Saint George directed construction from 1280. Most historians credit the design to him. Work ceased in 1284 after spending 6,068 pounds on the fortress and town.
The layout is a classic Savoyard square with a corner tower enlarged and isolated as a keep, which the text calls unique in the British Isles. The walls are local Millstone Grit ashlar and sandstone. The keep walls are 23 feet (7 m) thick at the base, and its entrance is on the first floor.
Dafydd ap Gruffydd besieged it in 1282, and in 1294 the constable burned it to stop its capture. Henry Bolingbroke held Richard II there in 1399. Parliamentarians took it in 1647 after a three-month siege. Cadw maintains the ruin, and access is free. The article gives no hours.
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