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Early Medieval

Battle of Forteviot

820
Perthshire, Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Perthshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Rival claimants
Forces
Rival claimants: c. 400–1,000 warriors.
VS
Victor
Constantine I (Pictish king)
Forces
Constantine I (Pictish): c. 500–1,500 warriors
Outcome
Constantine I secured control of Pictland and Dál Riata
The Battle

History & Significance

Constantine I, son of Fergus — the first king to rule both Picts and Scots — held his court at Forteviot, the main Pictish royal centre. His reign (811-820) saw the formal union of Picts and Scots into what would become the Kingdom of Alba. Forteviot remained a royal centre into the early medieval period.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Forteviot

Broombarns, settlement 400m SSW of
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Funerary and ritual complex, S and SE of Forteviot
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.9 miles
Broombarns, settlement 300m S of
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
Prehistoric ceremonial complex, 205m WNW of Dronachy Wood
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
Jackschairs Wood,cairn 225m ENE of Netherholm
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
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