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Battle site (Carncoggy)

northern_ireland
Era
Unknown Era
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
northern_ireland
Status
Unregistered
The Battle

History & Significance

Battle site (Carncoggy) was a pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Northern Ireland. Which side prevailed is not recorded in the surviving sources, and its outcome is not conclusively established in the historical record.

Confirmed battlefield location
The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Battle site (Carncoggy) 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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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman World
Ireland was never conquered by Rome, so this traces the island's Iron Age kingdoms and its contact with the Roman world.
Historic Records
The 19th-century records of this place: valuations, Ordnance Survey memoirs and topographical accounts.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle site (Carncoggy)

Castlenagree. mound (cashel or barrow?)
Castlenagree. mound (cashel or barrow?)
Scheduled monument · PREHISTORIC · ~5.3 mi

Castlenagree is a prehistoric mound located in Moyle, Northern Ireland, situated on bedrock of Palaeogene extrusive rocks comprising mafic lava and mafic tuff. The monument's precise classification—whether cashel (stone-built enclosure) or barrow (burial mound)—requires further investigation, tho…

Church of dunkelisp. post-medieval church & graveyard, on site of medieval parish church
Church of dunkelisp. post-medieval church & graveyard, on site of medieval parish church
Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~5.4 mi

Church of Dunkelisp is a post-medieval church and graveyard situated in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, occupying the site of an earlier medieval parish church. The monument represents the continuity of ecclesiastical use across several centuries, with the present structure and its associated burial…

Ice house
Ice house
Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~5.7 mi

Ice house at Coleraine is a post-medieval ice house situated in the town of Coleraine, County Londonderry. Such structures were built from the seventeenth century onwards to store ice harvested during winter months, providing refrigeration for food preservation before mechanical cooling became av…

Standing stone
Standing stone
Scheduled monument · PREHISTORIC · ~5.8 mi

The Standing Stone at Coleraine is a prehistoric standing stone protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 441. Located in County Londonderry, the stone rises from bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks—mafic lava and tuff formed during volcanic…

Mount sandel. mesolithic settlement site
Mount sandel. mesolithic settlement site
Scheduled monument · MESOLITHIC · ~6.1 mi

Mount Sandel is a Mesolithic settlement site located at Coleraine in Northern Ireland. The site occupies a distinctive position on bedrock composed of Palaeogene extrusive rocks, principally mafic lava and tuff laid down during the Paleogene period. This volcanic geology, now weathered and settle…

Tidal ford & mesolithic material
Tidal ford & mesolithic material
Scheduled monument · ~6.3 mi

Tidal ford & mesolithic material is a ford located at Coleraine in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The crossing lies on bedrock formed during the Palaeogene period, comprising mafic lava and mafic tuff that provides a natural causeway across the water. As a tidal ford, it would have been pa…

Derrykeighan church, darkehan, old church, derrykeighan old church. derrykeighan church - post medieval ruins on site of medieval parish church & pre-norman site. also la tene decorated stone
Scheduled monument · L.B.A. · ~0.9 miles
Crannog
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~2.4 miles
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Battles near Battle site (Carncoggy)

Battle site (Glebe)
~0.9 miles away
Battle site (Eagry)
~4.1 miles away
Perrot's Siege of Dunluce Castle
1584
~4.9 miles away
Chichester's Raid on the Route, North Antrim
1601
~5 miles away
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