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English Civil War

Siege of Chirk Castle 1645

1645
Denbighshire, Wales
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Denbighshire, Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalists c.200–400 garrison.
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentarians c.1,200
Outcome
Chirk Castle taken 1645
The Battle

History & Significance

Chirk Castle on the Welsh-English border was held as a Royalist garrison until Parliamentary forces compelled its surrender in 1645.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Siege of Chirk Castle 1645

Motte castle adjacent to Oaklands Hall, Chirk Bank
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
The Holyhead Road: the Chirk Embankment and earlier trackways
Scheduled monument · Post Medieval/Modern · ~0.8 miles
Offa's Dyke: Chirk Castle Section extending NE from Castle Mill
Scheduled monument · Early Medieval · ~0.9 miles
A 1.43km length of the Ellesmere Canal and associated features at Chirk Bank
Scheduled monument · ~1 miles
Offa's Dyke: section 300yds (270m) long, S of Pen-y-Bryn Also in Clwyd: Wales
Scheduled monument · ~1 miles
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