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Early Medieval

Pictish Clan Battle at the Ford of Erne c.728

728
Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Pictish faction of Drest
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Pictish faction of Nechtan
Outcome
Inconclusive; civil war continued until Oengus I defeated all rivals by 729
The Battle

History & Significance

One of multiple Pictish civil war battles preceding Oengus I's consolidation; the Annals record fighting at a ford on the River Earn between the Pictish factions of Nechtan and Drest in the multi-sided Pictish succession war of the 720s

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Scheduled Monuments near Pictish Clan Battle at the Ford of Erne c.728

Dalpatrick, enclosed settlement 420m ENE of
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
Dornock, ring-ditches and Roman temporary camp 450m WSW of
Scheduled monument · Roman · ~1.6 miles
Innerpeffray Collegiate Church
Scheduled monument · ~2 miles
Findal Cottages, pit-enclosure and pit-circle 250m SW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2 miles
Strageath Mains, Roman fort, annexe and field system SE of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.1 miles
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