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Early Medieval

Kingdom of Rheged — Battle at the Solway

580
Cumberland, England
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Cumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Anglian raiders
Forces
c.1,000–2,000 Bernician Angles; Solway frontier.
VS
Victor
Urien of Rheged
Forces
c.1,000–2,000 Rheged
Outcome
Urien of Rheged defended the Solway region against Anglian expansion
The Battle

History & Significance

Urien of Rheged, celebrated in Welsh poetry, fought the Angles of Bernicia from his base in Cumbria in a series of battles preserving British power in the northwest.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Kingdom of Rheged — Battle at the Solway

Palisade ditches, part of Roman frontier defences along Cumbrian coast, Roman camp & road and part of Romano-British field system, 250m north of Silloth Farm
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 miles
Skinburness (milefortlet 9), part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, and earlier Roman camp
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 miles
Blitterlees (milefortlet 12), part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 miles
Silloth Golf Course tower 12a, 670m WNW of Blitterlees Farm, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 miles
Silloth Golf Course tower 12b, 410m north west of Heatherbank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
Scheduled monument · ~2.7 miles
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