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Early Medieval

Battle of Mons Carno

728
Kincardineshire, Scotland
Also known as: Battle of the Cairn Mount · Pictish succession battle 728
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Kincardineshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Nechtan mac Derile (Nechtan IV)
Forces
Nechtan IV: c. 1,000–2,000 per side; Pictish dynastic struggle.
VS
Victor
Alpín mac Feredach (Pictish king)
Forces
Alpín mac Feredach
Outcome
Alpín victorious; Nechtan again defeated in the succession struggle
The Battle

History & Significance

Part of the chaotic Pictish succession struggles of the 720s. Multiple claimants fought for the kingship — Nechtan IV, Drest, Alpín mac Feredach, and eventually Oengus I all contested the throne within a few years. The Mountain of the Cairn (Cairn o' Mount) in the Grampians was the site of one of these succession battles before Oengus I emerged supreme.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Mons Carno

Bridge of Dye, pill boxes 60m & 35m W of
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
Cairn o'Mount, cairns
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 miles
Glensaugh,farmstead and field system 900m NW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~3.6 miles
Arnbarrow,farmstead and field system 900m NW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~4.3 miles
Castle Hill,motte 130m S of Castlehill
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~4.8 miles
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