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Roman Period

Southern Picts vs Roman Patrol — Fife Peninsula c.209 AD

209
Scotland
Era
Roman Period
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
southern Pictish Fife groups
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Roman auxiliary patrol
Outcome
Roman reconnaissance completed under harassment; no permanent occupation
The Battle

History & Significance

Roman reconnaissance forces pushed into the Fife peninsula during the Severan campaigns; Pictish groups resident here harassed the Roman advance using their superior knowledge of the marshy and forested terrain

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Southern Picts vs Roman Patrol — Fife Peninsula c.209 AD

Forthar Cottage, enclosure 200m W of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~0.8 miles
Glenorkie, barrows 300m SSE of
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
Nether Drums, fort 300m NW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1 miles
Kettlebridge, barrows SW of Back Park
Scheduled monument · ~1 miles
Myreside, enclosure 100m S of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.2 miles
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