Ruthin Castle — site of the first sacking by Owain Glyndŵr in 1400 — was besieged by Major-General Mytton from April 1646. Heavy artillery pounded the medieval walls but the garrison held for eleven weeks before the threat of undermining forced surrender. Parliament ordered Ruthin slighted in 1648 and much of its stonework was carted away for local building. The ruins became a Victorian hotel — now still operating as Ruthin Castle Hotel.
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