BattlefieldsAction at Denbigh Castle 1648
English Civil War

Action at Denbigh Castle 1648

1648
Denbighshire, Wales
Also known as: Skirmish at Denbigh 1648 Second Civil War
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Denbighshire, Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentarians c.300–600
VS
Victor
Royalists (briefly)
Forces
Royalists c.200–400
Outcome
Denbigh Castle briefly seized by Royalist insurgents in the Second Civil War before Parliamentary forces recovered it
The Battle

History & Significance

During the Second Civil War several Welsh castles saw renewed Royalist activity; Denbigh was briefly retaken before Parliamentary forces in north Wales under Mytton re-established control; part of the wider Welsh Second Civil War that culminated in St Fagans.

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