Battlefields›Siege of Harlech Castle 1647
English Civil War

Siege of Harlech Castle 1647

1647
Merionethshire, Wales
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Merionethshire, Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalist garrison c.200–350.
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentary c.3,000–4,000
Outcome
Harlech surrendered March 1647 — the very last Royalist garrison in all of Britain to surrender
The Battle

History & Significance

Harlech Castle was the absolute last Royalist garrison to surrender in the First Civil War; holding out until March 1647 it can claim to have been the final Royalist castle in Britain to fall.

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Siege of Harlech Castle 1647

Castell Harlech
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0 miles
Cefnfilltir Enclosed Homestead
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~0.7 miles
Groes Las Prehistoric Settlement & Field System
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~0.8 miles
Muriau'r Gwyddelod Ancient Village
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~0.8 miles
Enclosure and Early Field System North of Fronhill, Llanfair
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~0.9 miles
More from this era

Other English Civil War Battles

Graham Clan Deportation 1605
1605
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Alasdair MacGregor Capture and Execution 1604
1604
Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Campbell Suppression — Glen Strae Sweep 1604
1604
Scotland
Teviotdale Clearing 1603
1603
Scotland
Aubrey Research

Explore the landscape around Merionethshire

Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.

Research a location near Merionethshire
All Battlefields