BattlefieldsSiege of Cardigan in Civil War
English Civil War

Siege of Cardigan in Civil War

1645
Cardiganshire, Wales
Also known as: Cardigan Castle Second Civil War 1645-46
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Cardiganshire, Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalist garrison c.200–350.
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians (Colonel Rice Powell)
Forces
Parliamentary c.1,200–1,800
Outcome
Parliamentary capture of Cardigan; south-west Wales secured for Parliament
The Battle

History & Significance

Cardigan Castle was one of the last Royalist strongholds in south-west Wales to fall. Colonel Rice Powell's Parliamentary forces took it as part of the systematic reduction of Royalist positions in Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire. After Cardigan's fall, Parliamentary control of the west Wales coast was essentially complete, allowing Cromwell to concentrate on Pembroke Castle during the Second Civil War.

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