Chirk Castle is a magnificent stone 13th century quadrangular fortress and is one of the great Marcher castles. The high curtain wall is flanked by massive half round towers, with drum towers at the corners but sadly there is no trace of the original south side, that side is now a range of Tudor lodgings. Internally only the four storey Adam's Tower is original, the rest of the castle being altered or rebuilt, due to Civil War slighting. 2 miles east is Chirk Motte and 6 miles south is Oswestry Castle.