Mynydd y Garreg Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 October 1952. Graveyard.

Mynydd y Garreg Tower

WRENN ID
peeling-loggia-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Flintshire
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 October 1952
Type
Graveyard
Address
Mynydd y Garreg Tower, Holywell, Whitford
OS grid reference
SJ 133 782
Coordinates
53.29429, -3.30129
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Mynydd y Garreg Tower is a circular tower in ruins, constructed from rubble stone that narrows in girth with three steps. The top of the tower appears to have been levelled off to create parapets, featuring coping stones set on edge. There is a doorway on the south side with dressed stone jambs, although the left side is mostly missing. The doorhead is absent, but above it is a dressed stone tablet that reads, "This Roman pharos was restored by Llewelyn ... Baron Mostyn in commemoration of the 60th year of the glorious reign of Victoria, Queen and Empress, June 20th 1897."

The second stage of the tower has rectangular openings on the north and northeast sides, both of which have lost their heads, although a timber lintel has been inserted above the northern opening. Between these openings on the third stage is a recess. At the top of the tower, around the northern half, are the remains of four small square openings with stone sills and lintels, some of which are missing, likely serving as lookout holes.

The doorway features splayed jambs, and the walls of the tower are very thick. On the east and west sides of the first stage, there are pairs of very deep sockets, though the opposing pairs do not align with each other. Additional sockets and recesses can be found in the upper stages, and there was formerly a staircase.

Local climate

Mynydd y Garreg Tower receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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