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The Battle of Crug Mawr

Near Cardigan, Ceredigion

A Welsh victory where the fleeing Normans broke a bridge.

In 1136, Welsh princes Owain Gwynedd and Cadwaladr defeated a Norman army at Crug Mawr, near Cardigan. As the Normans fled across the River Teifi, the bridge collapsed under them, and many drowned.

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When
1136
Where
52.1000, -4.6300
Group
Battlefields

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The battle site is on a hill just north-east of Cardigan.

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