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Second Barons' War in Wales: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd's Campaign in the Marches

1264
Radnorshire, Wales
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Campaign
Location
Radnorshire, Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
English Marcher Lords (Brecon, Abergavenny) and Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn of Powys
VS
Victor
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (Wales)
Outcome
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd exploited the chaos of the Second Barons' War in England to attack Marcher lands in Brecon and Abergavenny, seize Builth castle, and drive Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn from Powys Wenwynwyn, expanding Welsh control in the Marches ahead of his 1265 alliance with Simon de Montfort.
The Battle

History & Significance

Second Barons' War in Wales: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd's Campaign in the Marches was a medieval campaign, fought in the area of Radnorshire, Wales in 1264. Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (Wales) prevailed over English Marcher Lords (Brecon, Abergavenny) and Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn of Powys. Llywelyn ap Gruffudd exploited the chaos of the Second Barons' War in England to attack Marcher lands in Brecon and Abergavenny, seize Builth castle, and drive Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn from Powys Wenwynwyn, expanding Welsh control in the Marches ahead of his 1265 alliance with Simon de Montfort.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Second Barons' War in Wales: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd's Campaign in the Marches lies on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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Scheduled Monuments near Second Barons' War in Wales: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd's Campaign in the Marches

Castell Foel-Allt
Castell Foel-Allt
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.4 mi

Castell Foel-Allt is a medieval motte and bailey castle situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD060. The monument comprises the characteristic earthwork elements of this fortification type: a prominent mound serving as the motte, accompanied by an adjoining bailey enclosure. The…

Alan Richards / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Offa's Dyke: Section from Whitton-Presteigne Road to River Lugg
Offa's Dyke: Section from Whitton-Presteigne Road to River Lugg
Scheduled monument · Early Medieval · ~1.3 mi

Offa's Dyke: Section from Whitton-Presteigne Road to River Lugg is an early medieval linear earthwork that forms part of the most extensive frontier defence constructed in Dark Age Britain. This section extends across the borderlands of Wales, where the underlying Ludlow rocks—a sequence of mudst…

Richard Webb / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Offa's Dyke: Section extending 2143m S from The Firs, Rhos-y-Meirch
Offa's Dyke: Section extending 2143m S from The Firs, Rhos-y-Meirch
Scheduled monument · Early Medieval · ~1.4 mi

Offa's Dyke is an early medieval linear earthwork extending 2143 metres south from The Firs at Rhos-y-Meirch in Wales. Built as a frontier defence and demarcation line, the dyke belongs to the tradition of monumental earthwork construction undertaken along the Anglo-Saxon and Welsh border. This p…

Jeff Buck / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Offa's Dyke: Section extending 200m S to Pool House, Rhos-y-Meirch
Offa's Dyke: Section extending 200m S to Pool House, Rhos-y-Meirch
Scheduled monument · Early Medieval · ~1.7 mi

Offa's Dyke: Section extending 200m S to Pool House, Rhos-y-Meirch is an early medieval linear earthwork forming part of the substantial frontier monument that extends across the Welsh-English border. This particular section preserves evidence of the ditch and bank construction typical of the bro…

Tim Heaton / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Discoed Castle Mound
Discoed Castle Mound
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.8 mi

Discoed Castle Mound is a medieval motte situated in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference RD059. The earthwork comprises a substantial raised mound that would originally have supported a timber or stone fortification typical of Norman or early medieval Welsh defensi…

Fabian Musto / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Offa's Dyke: Section extending through Great Ffrydd Wood 1693m S to footpath leading to Woodhouse Lane
Offa's Dyke: Section extending through Great Ffrydd Wood 1693m S to footpath leading to Woodhouse Lane
Scheduled monument · Early Medieval · ~2.2 mi

Offa's Dyke: Section extending through Great Ffrydd Wood 1693m S to footpath leading to Woodhouse Lane is an early medieval linear earthwork constructed during the reign of King Offa of Mercia in the late 8th century. This particular section runs through Great Ffrydd Wood, where the underlying Lu…

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Offa's Dyke: Section extending 1125m SW to Gilfach Wood
Scheduled monument · Early Medieval · ~1.1 miles
Glog Camp
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~2.2 miles
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