Beaumaris Castle — the last and most architecturally perfect of Edward I's Welsh castles — was surrendered to Parliament by Colonel Richard Bulkeley in June 1646. During the Second Civil War (1648), Anglesey rose again for the King and Beaumaris was briefly reoccupied before surrendering a second time. Parliament spared Beaumaris from slighting due to concerns about a Royalist invasion from Scotland. It is now the best-preserved example of concentric castle design in Britain.
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