Battle of Campston Hill
Short circular walk from/to Llangattock Lingoed climaxing with climb to the top of Campston Hill, site of a disastrous defeat in 1404 of Owain Glyndwr by the young Earl of Warwick.
CAMPSTON HILL; MYNYDD CAMSTWN; BATTLE OF CAMPSTONE HILL, NEAR LLANGATTOCK LINGOED
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The Welsh under Owain Glyndwr were heavily defeated by an English force here in June 1404: "The young earl of Warwick . . . won a victory over the Welsh at Campstone [Hill], not far from Abergavenny, which set a check to the designs of Glyn Dwr in the neighbourhood."
Source: J.E.Lloyd, Owain Glyndwr, 1931, p.87.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 24 January 2005.
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