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Action at Toome Bridge

1798
Antrim, northern_ireland
Era
modern
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Antrim, northern_ireland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Crown forces
VS
Victor
United Irishmen
Outcome
United Irishmen retreating after the defeat at the Battle of Antrim (7 June 1798) held the eastern bank of the River Bann at Toome for two days, then broke down an arch of Toome Bridge as General Knox approached with yeomanry, preventing rapid Crown reinforcement from west Ulster into Antrim.
The Battle

History & Significance

Action at Toome Bridge was a modern skirmish, fought at Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1798. United Irishmen prevailed over Crown forces. United Irishmen retreating after the defeat at the Battle of Antrim (7 June 1798) held the eastern bank of the River Bann at Toome for two days, then broke down an arch of Toome Bridge as General Knox approached with yeomanry, preventing rapid Crown reinforcement from west Ulster into Antrim.

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The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Action at Toome Bridge lies on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Palaeogene, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

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Scheduled Monuments near Action at Toome Bridge

Knockcloghrim windmill. windmill
Knockcloghrim windmill. windmill
Scheduled monument · C19TH · ~6.8 mi

Knockcloghrim windmill is a nineteenth-century windmill located near Magherafelt in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The structure stands on bedrock comprising Palaeogene extrusive rocks, predominantly mafic lava and tuff formed during the Palaeogene period around 66 to 23 million years ago.…

Toome castle. tower-house & bawn
Scheduled monument · LATE-MED · ~0.5 miles
Standing stone
Scheduled monument · PREHISTORIC · ~3.7 miles
Shemy's island. crannog
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~3.8 miles
Fortified house & bawn & site of battle, 1641
Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~4.1 miles
Rath
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~4.4 miles
Standing stone
Scheduled monument · PREHISTORIC · ~4.8 miles
Counterscarp rath
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~4.9 miles
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