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Battle of Cydweli

1223
Wales
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Battle

History & Significance

Battle of Cydweli was a medieval pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Wales in 1223. Which side prevailed is not recorded in the surviving sources, and its outcome is not conclusively established in the historical record. It falls within the medieval period, an age of dynastic succession disputes, baronial revolt and border warfare fought by feudal levies, mounted knights and town militias.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Battle of Cydweli lies on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Cydweli

Kidwelly Town Gate & Defences
Kidwelly Town Gate & Defences
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.2 mi

Kidwelly Town Gate & Defences is a medieval gatehouse forming part of the fortified boundary of this Welsh market town. The structure was built upon Millstone Grit bedrock, a durable sandstone and siltstone deposit formed during the Namurian period, which provided a stable foundation for the maso…

Gordon Hatton / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Kidwelly Medieval Town (Part of)
Kidwelly Medieval Town (Part of)
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.2 mi

Kidwelly Medieval Town (Part of) is a medieval town in Wales, protected as a Cadw monument under reference CM209. The settlement developed on bedrock of the Millstone Grit Group, a sequence of mudstones, siltstones and sandstones laid down during the Namurian period of the Carboniferous. This sol…

Rose and Trev Clough / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Castell Cydweli / Kidwelly Castle
Castell Cydweli / Kidwelly Castle
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.3 mi

Castell Cydweli is a Norman castle founded in the late twelfth century on the eastern bank of the River Gwendraeth in Carmarthenshire. The castle comprises an impressive outer ward with substantial curtain walls and towers, together with an inner ward containing a circular keep, reflecting succes…

Michael Garlick / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Coleman Dovecot
Coleman Dovecot
Scheduled monument · Post Medieval/Modern · ~0.8 mi

Coleman Dovecot is a post-medieval dovecote situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CM152. As a functional building type, dovecotes served to house domesticated pigeons, whose meat and eggs provided valuable protein for estate kitchens, whilst their droppings accumulated below for…

RobinLeicester / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Kidwelly Old Tinplate Works and Dam
Kidwelly Old Tinplate Works and Dam
Scheduled monument · Post Medieval/Modern · ~1.1 mi

Kidwelly Old Tinplate Works and Dam is a post-medieval and modern industrial monument in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference CM291. The works represent the tinplate manufacturing industry that developed in South Wales during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when the region became a m…

chris whitehouse / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Hot & Cold Rolling Mills, Kidwelly Tinplate Works
Hot & Cold Rolling Mills, Kidwelly Tinplate Works
Scheduled monument · Post Medieval/Modern · ~1.2 mi

Hot & Cold Rolling Mills, Kidwelly Tinplate Works is a post-medieval and modern industrial monument in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference CM254. The works occupy ground underlain by Dinantian limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks, formation geology that shaped both the…

Anthony Gostling / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Pen-Lan-Uchaf Standing Stone
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~1.1 miles
Glanstony Aqueduct, Trimsaran
Scheduled monument · Post Medieval/Modern · ~1.5 miles
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Battles near Battle of Cydweli

Battle of Gwenllian near Kidwelly (1136)
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