BattlefieldsIrfon Bridge Approach — English Column December 1282
Medieval

Irfon Bridge Approach — English Column December 1282

1282
Wales
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Welsh
Forces
isolated Welsh party
VS
Victor
English
Forces
English marcher column under Lestrange, Giffard and Mortimer
Outcome
English encirclement of Llywelyn achieved; trap set at Irfon Bridge
The Battle

History & Significance

The English column under Roger Lestrange, John Giffard and Roger Mortimer makes a rapid march through mid-Wales to intercept Llywelyn ap Gruffudd at the Irfon Bridge ford near Cilmeri. The column crosses the Wye and approaches from the east while Llywelyn is cut off from his main army to the north, completing the fatal encirclement.

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