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Early Medieval

Battle of Catraeth — Gododdin vs Angles c.600

600
Scottish Borders, Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scottish Borders, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Gododdin
Forces
Deiran Anglian host
VS
Victor
Angles
Forces
Gododdin 300-man war-band
Outcome
Decisive Anglian victory; Gododdin war-band annihilated
The Battle

History & Significance

Catastrophic defeat of the Gododdin Brittonic war-band at Catraeth (Catterick) fighting Deira Angles; commemorated in the Old Welsh poem Y Gododdin; only Aneirin survived to tell the tale

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Catraeth — Gododdin vs Angles c.600

Martinlee Sike, farmstead, field system and assart bank.
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.8 miles
Chapel Knowe, farmstead 100m WSW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.8 miles
Martinlee Plantation, homestead SE of Martinlee Sike
Scheduled monument · ~2 miles
Martinlee Plantation, homestead NW of Martinlee Sike
Scheduled monument · ~2 miles
Martinlee Plantation, enclosure 140m N of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2 miles
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