Harlech, an ancient town of Merionethshire, North Wales, stands on the coast, 10 miles N. of Barmouth. On a steep hill overlooking the sea is its massive castle, which held out for the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses, and later for Charles I. The 'March of the Men of Harlech' commemorates its capture by the Yorkists in 1468. For the Harlech series, see CAMBRIAN SYSTEM.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 560
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