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Early Medieval

Coenwulf of Mercia Dies on Campaign in Wales 821

821
Flintshire, Wales
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Campaign
Location
Flintshire, Wales
Status
Unregistered
Outcome
Coenwulf died at Basingwerk while mustering for a renewed campaign against Powys; no battle is recorded to have taken place. The planned campaign against the Welsh was carried out the following year (822) by his brother and successor Ceolwulf I.
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History & Significance

Coenwulf of Mercia Dies on Campaign in Wales 821 was a campaign of the Early Medieval period, fought in Flintshire, Wales in 821. This engagement forms part of the broader pattern of conflict that shaped the political and military history of the UK during this era.

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The site of Coenwulf of Mercia Dies on Campaign in Wales 821 lies on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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Scheduled Monuments near Coenwulf of Mercia Dies on Campaign in Wales 821

Castell Ewloe
Castell Ewloe
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.7 mi

Castell Ewloe is a medieval castle situated in Flintshire, North Wales, dating to the thirteenth century and representing an important example of Welsh defensive architecture of the period. The castle comprises two baileys connected by a narrow neck of land, with the higher bailey featuring a sub…

Llywelyn2000 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Wat's Dyke: Section from Chester-Holywell Road to Soughton Farm
Wat's Dyke: Section from Chester-Holywell Road to Soughton Farm
Scheduled monument · Early Medieval · ~2.6 mi

Wat's Dyke: Section from Chester-Holywell Road to Soughton Farm is an early medieval linear earthwork in Wales, constructed on bedrock of the Millstone Grit Group comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposits formed during the Namurian period. The dyke represents a frontier earthwork of e…

Eirian Evans / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Castell y Fflint
Castell y Fflint
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.7 mi

Castell y Fflint is a medieval castle located in Flintshire, north-east Wales, founded in the late thirteenth century as part of Edward I's conquest and fortification of Wales. The castle comprises a distinctive circular keep or tower known as a drum tower, surrounded by defensive walls and a wat…

Lesbardd / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The 'Lock-Up', Hawarden
The 'Lock-Up', Hawarden
Scheduled monument · Post Medieval/Modern · ~3.7 mi

The Lock-Up, Hawarden is a post-medieval lock-up situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference FL078. Built during a period when many market towns and villages across Britain required secure facilities for detaining offenders, this structure exemplifies the small-scale local justice inf…

Dave.Dunford / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Moel y Gaer Camp
Moel y Gaer Camp
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~3.9 mi

Moel y Gaer Camp is a Iron Age hillfort situated on high ground in Flintshire, North Wales. The site is defined by substantial defensive earthworks comprising an outer bank and ditch system that enclose the hilltop, characteristic of the fortified settlements established during the Iron Age perio…

Adie Jackson / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Hawarden Castle
Hawarden Castle
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~4 mi

Hawarden Castle is a medieval fortress situated in Flintshire, Wales, founded in the late thirteenth century as a stronghold of the Marcher lords. The castle comprises a substantial motte-and-bailey earthwork with a stone keep, representing typical defensive architecture of the Anglo-Norman perio…

Rept0n1x / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Kelsterton Brewery
Scheduled monument · Post Medieval/Modern · ~0.6 miles
Croes Atti Roman Site
Scheduled monument · Roman · ~1.5 miles
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