When did Battle site (Carrickhugh) take place?

Battle site (Carrickhugh) took place in 1197, northern_ireland.

Who won Battle site (Carrickhugh)?

The victor at Battle site (Carrickhugh) is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

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Medieval

Battle site (Carrickhugh)

1197

northern_ireland

Era

Medieval

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

northern_ireland

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Battle site (Carrickhugh) was a medieval pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Northern Ireland in 1197. 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.

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The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Battle site (Carrickhugh) lies on Roe Valley Group, bedrock that formed in the Tournaisian. The rock here is sandstone, conglomerate and [subordinate] argillaceous rocks.

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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

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Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

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Scheduled Monuments near Battle site (Carrickhugh)

Church gable

Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~3.9 mi

Church gable is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site located in Derry, Northern Ireland, protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference HB26:011925. The monument lies upon bedrock of the Roe Valley Group, a geological formation dating to the Tournaisian period, composed of sandston…

Eglinton, grocers' buildings. plantation village site

Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~3.9 mi

Eglinton grocers' buildings plantation village site is a post-medieval settlement located in Derry, Northern Ireland. The site preserves evidence of the grocery trade buildings that formed part of the planned village settlement established during the plantation period in Ulster. Archaeological in…

Rough fort. counterscarp rath

Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~4.3 mi

Rough Fort is a counterscarp rath located near Limavady in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. This early Christian earthwork comprises a roughly circular enclosure defined by an outer bank and ditch arrangement characteristic of the rath form. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Roe Valley G…

Domnach dola. church & graveyard

Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~7.6 mi

Domnach dola is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site consisting of a church and graveyard located in County Derry, Northern Ireland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, a sequence of psammite and pelite formed during the Middle Cambrian period, which gives the underlying…

Standing stone

Scheduled monument · PREHISTORIC · ~7.8 mi

Standing Stone, Derry is a prehistoric standing stone located in County Derry, Northern Ireland. The monument is recorded by the Historic Environment Division under reference 11848. Standing stones of this type are typically monolithic pillars of stone raised upright in the landscape, belonging t…

Tamlaghtard, domnach airthir ardda. multiperiod church, graveyard, saint's grave & holy well

Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~7.9 mi

Tamlaghtard is a multiperiod ecclesiastical site in Limavady, Northern Ireland, comprising a church, graveyard, saint's grave and holy well dedicated to early Christian worship. The site's name, meaning "church of the east height," reflects its position on rising ground underlain by Mercia Mudsto…

Medieval church & modern graveyard, possibly on site of c7th monastery

Scheduled monument · MED/L.MED · ~1 miles

Rath

Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~1.6 miles

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