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Battle of Y Dalar Hir 1648

Battle of Y Dalar Hir: Wales Coast Path towards Morfa Aber
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Marker: recorded battle location (no official boundary).

Key facts

Date5 June 1648Wikidata
Date (year)1648Wikidata P585 point in time
Century17th centuryderived
PeriodCivil Warsderived
CountryWalesderived

About the battle

The Battle of Y Dalar Hir took place on 5 June 1648 in Caernarfonshire, North Wales, during the Second English Civil War. While little more than a skirmish, it had a significant effect on the local progress of the conflict.

Leading Welsh Royalist Sir John Owen of Clenennau mustered a group of 250-300 cavalry and foot in an attempt to raise North Wales in rebellion against Parliament; on 3 June he defeated local militia in a skirmish near Caernarfon and besieged Caernarfon Castle. Colonel George Twisleton, Parliamentarian governor of Denbigh, confronted Owen at Y Dalar Hir on the shore of the Menai Straits near Llandegai, where the Royalists were scattered and Owen captured, effectively ending the spread of the rebellion in North Wales.

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Location

  • Recorded location (Wikidata; may be approximate): 53.2326, -4.0585

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Y Dalar Hir (revision 1370594997), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations removed. No text added.

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