In the opening days of Dafydd's Second Welsh War (Palm Sunday 1282) Welsh forces attacked Caernarfon, where Edward I's great new castle was still under construction. The Welsh overran the town and killed several English workers and officials. The half-built castle held, but the attack demonstrated the vulnerability of Edward's building programme. The attack on Caernarfon under construction was one of several simultaneous Welsh operations across north Wales that opened the final war.
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