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Early Medieval

Oengus I Storms Dun Add 736

736
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Kingdom of Dalriada
Forces
Dalriadan garrison at Dun Add
VS
Victor
Pictish Kingdom under Oengus I
Forces
Pictish army under Oengus I
Outcome
Pictish victory; Dun Add taken; Dalriada loses capital and becomes tributary to Picts
The Battle

History & Significance

Oengus I captured and ransacked Dun Add (Dunadd), the royal capital of Dalriada in Kilmartin Glen; the storming of this Dalriadan heartland fortress represented the peak of Pictish dominance over the Scots

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Oengus I Storms Dun Add 736

Crinan Moss,cist,Barsloisnoch
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.7 miles
Dunadd,fort,boar carving,ogam inscription and cupmarkings
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.9 miles
Dunadd, standing stone 190m ESE of Dunadd Cottage
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.1 miles
Poltalloch,standing stone 500m WSW of East Lodge
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.1 miles
Barsloisnach, two cists 230m ESE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.2 miles
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