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 pr
The foreshore near Y Dalar Hir
Sir John Owen of Clenannau; he began raising local forces in North Wales to support a larger Royalist revolt in Pembrokeshire.
The ward of Caernarfon Castle; Owen briefly besieged it in early June
Looking from the shoreline near Y Dalar Hir towards Beaumaris, held by the rebels at the time of the battle
Major General Thomas Mytton, also spelt Mitton,, was a lawyer from Oswestry who served in the Parliamentarian army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and as MP for Shropshire in the First Protector
Thomas Mytton, 1796 engraving of original portrait
Beaumaris Castle; captured by Mytton in June 1646 and October 1648