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Early Medieval

Battle of Dysart Moor

596
Fife, Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Fife, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
c. 1,000–2,000 Picts; major Scottish pitched battle.
VS
Victor
Aedan mac Gabrain (Dál Riata)
Forces
c. 1,000–2,000 Dál Riata
Outcome
Dál Riatan victory; Pictish expansion halted
The Battle

History & Significance

Aedan mac Gabráin — the greatest of the early Scottish kings of Dál Riata — fought multiple battles against the Picts, the Britons of Strathclyde, and the Northumbrians. This engagement in Fife represents the Dál Riatan attempt to project power into Pictish territory east of the Firth of Forth.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Dysart Moor

Ravenscraig Castle
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Dysart,St Serf's Kirk
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
Seafield Tower
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 miles
Piteadie Castle
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 miles
Kinghorn,old parish church
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~3 miles
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