Castell y Bere, the last native Welsh castle still in Welsh hands after the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, falls to English forces after a siege. The castle was a Gwynedd princely stronghold in the Dysynni valley of Meirionnydd. Its fall, along with the capture and execution of Dafydd ap Gruffudd, marks the complete end of Welsh independence.
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