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The Battle of St Fagans

St Fagans, Cardiff

Often called the biggest battle ever fought in Wales.

In May 1648, during the Second Civil War, around 8,000 royalists, mostly Welshmen who had turned against Parliament and many of them poorly armed, met a Parliamentarian army of about 3,000 well-trained men at St Fagans. The royalists were routed.

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When
8 May 1648
Where
51.4800, -3.2700
Group
Battlefields

Visiting

St Fagans National Museum of History is free and open daily.

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