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English Civil War

Siege of Chepstow Castle 1648

1648
Monmouthshire, Wales
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Monmouthshire, Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalist garrison c.300–500.
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentarians c.2,000–3,000
Outcome
Chepstow taken during Second Civil War
The Battle

History & Significance

Chepstow Castle was seized for the King during the Second Civil War and required Parliamentary siege action to recover it; it was one of the easternmost Welsh strongholds.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Siege of Chepstow Castle 1648

Chepstow Town Wall and Gate
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.1 miles
Chepstow Castle
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.3 miles
Chepstow Town Slipway
Scheduled monument · Post Medieval/Modern · ~0.4 miles
Offa's Dyke: section immediately north east of Sedbury sewage works
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
St Peter's Cave
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~0.7 miles
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