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Battle of Cefn Carnedd 51

Marker: recorded battle location (no official boundary).

Key facts

Date (year)51Wikidata P585 point in time
Century1st centuryderived
PeriodRoman Britainderived
CountryWalesderived
War / conflictCeltic Tribes of Wales, Roman WalesWikidata

About the battle

Battle between the Britons led by Caratacus (Caradog) and the Romans, dated AD 50–51; Cefn Carnedd, between Caersws and Llanidloes, is one proposed site. (Wikidata description, reviewed and corrected; sources: Welsh Wikipedia: Brwydr Cefn Carnedd (rev 10965621); English Wikipedia: Caratacus' last battle (rev 1370610175))

Note: Candidate site. The site of Caratacus’ last battle is not known; Cefn Carnedd is one of several proposed locations. Caer Caradoc in Shropshire, another proposed site of the same battle, has its own entry. See Battle of Caer Caradoc (50).

Visiting the battlefield

Location

  • Recorded location (Wikidata; may be approximate): 52.4990, -3.4495

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Battle location from Wikidata (CC0). There is no English Wikipedia article on this battle yet; the description above is based on Wikidata, corrected against the sources cited.

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