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Early Medieval

Battle of Rathmor

680
northern_ireland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
northern_ireland
Status
Unregistered
The Battle

History & Significance

Battle of Rathmor was an early medieval pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Northern Ireland in 680. Which side prevailed is not recorded in the surviving sources, and its outcome is not conclusively established in the historical record. It belongs to the early medieval centuries, the age of the Anglo-Saxon, Pictish, Brythonic and Norse kingdoms whose rivalries shaped Britain before the Norman Conquest of 1066.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Battle of Rathmor 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 Battle of Rathmor

Bastion
Bastion
Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~2.5 mi

Bastion is a post-medieval fortification located in Antrim, Northern Ireland, and protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 3618. The structure stands upon bedrock composed of unnamed extrusive rocks of Palaeogene age, part of the mafic lava and tuff s…

Rectangular earthwork
Rectangular earthwork
Scheduled monument · UNCERTAIN · ~4.2 mi

Rectangular earthwork (Antrim) is an uncertain earthwork located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument comprises a rectangular bank formation whose precise date and function remain undetermined. The site lies upon Palaeogene extrusive rocks, specifically felsic lava and tuff deposits t…

Motte
Motte
Scheduled monument · MEDIEVAL · ~4.8 mi

Newtownabbey Motte is a medieval earthwork monument located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The motte survives as an elevated mound characteristic of early Norman fortifications, constructed to command the surrounding landscape. Such mottes typically supported a timber palisade and a wooden t…

Barrow
Barrow
Scheduled monument · BRONZE AGE · ~6.1 mi

Barrow, Newtownabbey is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The site lies upon bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks, specifically mafic lava and tuff deposits laid down during volcanic activity in the Paleogene period. This geological foundation pro…

Rathmore trench. raised or platform rath & souterrain
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~0.3 miles
Platform rath reused as motte and bailey
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~1 miles
Donegore motte, donegore moat. motte
Scheduled monument · MEDIEVAL · ~1.3 miles
Souterrain
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~1.3 miles
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