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Early Medieval

Pictish Northern Confederation Suppresses Dal Fiatach Raid c.700

700
Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Dal Fiatach raiders
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Northern Pictish forces of Fortriu
Outcome
Northern Picts repelled the Irish raiders
The Battle

History & Significance

The northern Pictish kingdom of Fortriu repelled a raid from Dal Fiatach of Ulster who used the sea route into the Moray Firth; part of the ongoing Irish Sea raiding that complicated the political landscape of northern Pictland

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Pictish Northern Confederation Suppresses Dal Fiatach Raid c.700

Balmachree,enclosures 500m & 750m NNE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~0.3 miles
Morayston, palisaded enclosure 1km SW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~0.5 miles
Lower Cullernie,ring-ditch 750m ESE of
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
Newton of Petty,chambered cairn & stone circle 1000m WSW of
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~0.8 miles
Newton of Petty, prehistoric settlement 350m WNW of
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
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