Battle of Y Dalar Hir

The Battle of Y Dalar Hir took place on 5 June 1648 in Caernarfonshire, North Wales, during the Second English Civil War. While little more than a skirmish, it had a significant effect on the local progress of the conflict.

Battle of Y Dalar Hir
Part of the Second English Civil War

The foreshore near Y Dalar Hir
Date5 June 1648
Location
Y Dalar Hir, near Llandegai, Caernarfonshire, Wales
53°13′57″N 4°03′31″W
Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalists Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Sir John Owen Colonel George Twisleton
Colonel John Carter
Strength
  • 120 foot
  • 140 horse
  • 100 foot
  • 30 horse
Casualties and losses
30 killed
c.60 prisoners		 30-40 killed

Leading Welsh Royalist Sir John Owen of Clenennau mustered a group of 250-300 cavalry and foot in an attempt to raise North Wales in rebellion against Parliament; on 3 June he defeated local militia in a skirmish near Caernarfon and besieged Caernarfon Castle. Colonel George Twisleton, Parliamentarian governor of Denbigh, confronted Owen at Y Dalar Hir on the shore of the Menai Straits near Llandegai, where the Royalists were scattered and Owen captured, effectively ending the spread of the rebellion in North Wales.

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