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Battle site (CAW)

1200
northern_ireland
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
northern_ireland
Status
Unregistered
The Battle

History & Significance

Battle site (CAW) was a medieval pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Northern Ireland in 1200. 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 (CAW) lies on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.

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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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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle site (CAW)

Domnach dola. church & graveyard
Domnach dola. church & graveyard
Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~1 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
Standing stone
Scheduled monument · PREHISTORIC · ~3 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…

Doherty tower, castle aileach. castle & earthwork enclosure
Doherty tower, castle aileach. castle & earthwork enclosure
Scheduled monument · MED/L.MED · ~3.3 mi

Doherty Tower, Castle Aileach is a medieval and late medieval fortification comprising a stone tower and earthwork enclosure situated in County Derry, Northern Ireland. The structure occupies a commanding position on bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, formed during the Middle Cambrian period…

Eglinton, grocers' buildings. plantation village site
Eglinton, grocers' buildings. plantation village site
Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~4.6 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…

Church gable
Church gable
Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~4.6 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…

Rough island, o'cahan's garden. neolithic & bronze age occupation site & crannog
Scheduled monument · PREHISTORIC · ~1.1 miles
St brecan's chapel, st columb's chapel, domnach min-cluane. chapel & graveyard on earlier site
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~1.1 miles
Green island. crannog
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~1.1 miles
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