Coenwulf launched raids into Wales in 816, continuing the Mercian pressure on the Welsh border that Offa Dyke had been intended to define. The raids into Snowdonia showed Mercian ability to project military power even into the difficult terrain of north Wales, though permanent conquest remained impossible.
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