Battle of Cefn Digoll

Battle of Cefn Digoll
Datec.630
LocationLong Mountain near Welshpool, Wales
Coordinates: 52°39′N 3°04′W / 52.650°N 3.067°W / 52.650; -3.067
Result Gwynedd-Mercian victory; Northumbrian domination of Gwynedd ended
Belligerents
Gwynedd,
Mercia		 Northumbria
Commanders and leaders
Cadwallon ap Cadfan,
Penda of Mercia		 Edwin of Northumbria
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Cefn Digoll, also known as the Battle of the Long Mynd was a battle fought in 630 at Long Mountain near Welshpool in modern-day Wales. The battle was fought between the Northumbrian army of King Edwin of Northumbria and an anti-Northumbrian alliance between King Cadwallon of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia.[1] The battle ended the Northumbrian domination of Gwynedd, and preceded a Welsh campaign into Northumbria, which led to Edwin's death at the Battle of Hatfield Chase.

References

  1. ↑ D. P. Kirby, The Earliest English Kings (1991, 2000), pages 71–72.


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