 Complete the following phrase:  The town was small, remote and short-lived: growth stalled before 1332 and in 1383 it was recorded as having only 10 residents. Davies comments that its location, accompanying a castle site chosen for defensiveness and ability to radiate strategic power, undermined its economic viability: the artificiality of its commercial setting was too obvious once the military opportunities... had been removed. The economic weakness of Cefnllys is also emphasised by historians Oliver Creighton and Robert Higham. Major 