Battle of Anglesey Sound
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The Battle of Anglesey Sound was fought in June or July 1098 on the Menai Strait, separating the island of Anglesey from mainland Wales. The battle was fought between Magnus Barefoot, King of Norway, and the Anglo-Norman earls Hugh of Montgomery and Hugh d'Avranches, and took place as part of Magnus Barefoot's expedition into the Irish Sea, which sought to assert Norwegian rule over the Kingdom of the Isles.
1098
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HMS Conway, HMS Enterprise, HMS Nimrod,
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Location: 53.1806, -4.2333, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1098 Battle of Anglesey Sound
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 460 | Dunoding | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 500 | Kingdom of Ceredigion | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 500 | Kingdom of Powys | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 680 | Kingdom of Seisyllwg | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1160 | Powys Wenwynwyn | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Battle of Ynys Môn | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 881 | Battle of the Conwy | battle, Anarawd ap Rhodri, Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1044 | Battle of Aber Towi | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1075 | Battle of Bron yr Erw | battle, Trahaearn ap Caradog, Gruffudd ap Cynan | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1098 | Battle of Anglesey Sound | battle, Kingdom of England | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1157 | Battle of Tal Moelfre | Henry II of England, battle, Owain Gwynedd | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1170 | Battle of Pentraeth | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1194 | Battle of Aberconwy | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1255 | Battle of Bryn Derwin | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1282 | Battle of Moel-y-don | English people, Kingdom of England, Welsh people, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1401 | Battle of Tuthill | Kingdom of England, Principality of Wales, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1404 | Siege of Caernarfon | Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England, siege, Principality of Wales | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1461 | Battle of Tuthill | battle, House of Lancaster, House of York | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1648 | Battle of Y Dalar Hir | battle | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | The Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Aberconwy Emergency Control Centre | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Castell Bryn Gwyn | archaeological site, castle, Cadw | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Dolwyddelan Castle | Welsh princes' castles, Cadw, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1080 | Deganwy Castle | Welsh princes' castles, archaeological site, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1220 | Dolbadarn | Welsh princes' castles, castle ruin, Cadw | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1230 | Criccieth Castle | castle, Welsh princes' castles, Cadw | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1283 | Caernarfon Castle | Cadw, archaeological site, tourist attraction, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1283 | Conwy Castle | castle, Cadw | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1295 | Beaumaris Castle | Cadw, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1820 | Penrhyn Castle | National Trust, tower house, castle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1775 | Fort Belan | fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Plas Newydd Military Museum | military museum, National Trust | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1960 | Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum | independent museum, regimental museum, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Conway | shipwreck, training vessel, Conway-class corvette | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Nimrod | brig-sloop, Cruizer-class brig-sloop, shipwreck | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | 1864 | HMS Enterprise | central battery ironclad, shipwreck | Wikidata |