When did Battle of Usk take place?

Battle of Usk took place in 1402, Wales.

Who won Battle of Usk?

The victor at Battle of Usk is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Medieval

Battle of Usk

1402

Wales

Era

Medieval

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Wales

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Battle of Usk was a medieval pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Wales in 1402. Which side prevailed is not recorded in the surviving sources, and its outcome is not conclusively established in the historical record. It falls within the medieval period, an age of dynastic succession disputes, baronial revolt and border warfare fought by feudal levies, mounted knights and town militias.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Battle of Usk lies on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Usk

Usk Castle (Unoccupied Parts)

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.1 mi

Usk Castle is a medieval castle situated in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw reference MM012. The castle occupies a strategic location where its foundations rest upon bedrock of Ludlow Rocks, an undifferentiated formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone dating to the Ludlo…

Pauline Eccles / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Usk Roman Site

Scheduled monument · Roman · ~0.3 mi

Usk Roman Site is a Roman fort situated in Monmouthshire, Wales, that served as a significant military installation during the Roman occupation of Britain. The fort was established in the late first century AD, likely around 75 AD, as part of the Roman advance into South Wales and functioned as a…

No machine-readable author provided. Rhion assumed (based on copyright claims). / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Llangibby Castle Mound

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.3 mi

Llangibby Castle Mound is a medieval motte constructed on bedrock of Pridoli mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. The mound rises prominently from the surrounding landscape, a characteristic Norman earthwork that would originally have supported a timber or stone keep overlooking the surrounding ter…

Philip Halling / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Llangibby Castle (Castell Tregrug)

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.3 mi

Llangibby Castle, also known as Castell Tregrug, is a medieval castle situated in Monmouthshire, Wales. The site consists of a motte-and-bailey earthwork of Norman date, representing a characteristic early medieval defensive settlement of the post-Conquest period. The castle occupies a strategica…

Philip Halling / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

St. David's Churchyard Cross, Trostre

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.4 mi

St. David's Churchyard Cross, Trostre is a medieval cross base situated in the churchyard at Trostre in Wales. The monument consists of the lower masonry structure that once supported a stone cross shaft, typical of the carved and sculptural monuments erected in Welsh churchyards and settlement c…

Colin Cheesman / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Ffynnon Cybi (St. Cybi's Well)

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.6 mi

Ffynnon Cybi is a medieval holy well in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference MM332. The site lies upon Pridoli Rocks, undifferentiated formations of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that date to the Pridoli epoch. These geological layers, being naturally permeable and fractured, would have p…

Jeremy Bolwell / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Graig Foel medieval ringwork

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.5 miles

Camp 650m South of Ty Freeman

Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~1.5 miles

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