BattlefieldsBattle of Dysart Moor
Early Medieval

Battle of Dysart Moor

596
Fife, Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Fife, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
VS
Victor
Aedan mac Gabrain (Dál Riata)
Outcome
Dál Riatan victory; Pictish expansion halted
The Battle

History & Significance

Aedan mac Gabráin — the greatest of the early Scottish kings of Dál Riata — fought multiple battles against the Picts, the Britons of Strathclyde, and the Northumbrians. This engagement in Fife represents the Dál Riatan attempt to project power into Pictish territory east of the Firth of Forth.

Forces Involved

The size of the opposing forces is not recorded in the surviving sources.

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