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Jacobite Risings

Battle site (Corporation (Killyleagh))

1689
northern_ireland
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
northern_ireland
Status
Unregistered
The Battle

History & Significance

Battle site (Corporation (Killyleagh)) was a Jacobite pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Northern Ireland in 1689. Which side prevailed is not recorded in the surviving sources, and its outcome is not conclusively established in the historical record. It dates to the era of the Jacobite risings of 1689 to 1746, the campaigns fought to restore the exiled House of Stuart to the throne.

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The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Battle site (Corporation (Killyleagh)) lies on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.

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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
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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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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Scheduled Monuments near Battle site (Corporation (Killyleagh))

Killowen. killowen medieval church (ruined) & graveyard, with 2 cross-carved stones
Killowen. killowen medieval church (ruined) & graveyard, with 2 cross-carved stones
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~0.1 mi

Killowen is a medieval church and graveyard situated in County Down, Northern Ireland. The ruined church structure survives as a testament to the ecclesiastical use of this site during the medieval period. Two cross-carved stones are preserved within the graveyard, characteristic examples of earl…

Castle ward, temple water. designed landscape
Castle ward, temple water. designed landscape
Scheduled monument · C18TH · ~3.6 mi

Castle Ward is a eighteenth-century designed landscape situated in County Down, Northern Ireland, encompassing the grounds and gardens associated with Castle Ward house. The landscape reflects the aesthetic principles of the Georgian era, integrating formal and picturesque elements typical of ari…

Ardfern / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The abbacy. manor house & bawn
The abbacy. manor house & bawn
Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~3.9 mi

The Abbacy Manor House and Bawn is a post-medieval fortified residence located in the Ards Peninsula, County Down. The site comprises a manor house protected by a defensive bawn wall, a fortification type characteristic of early modern Ulster where English settlers and established landowners stre…

Harbour (itr site - see itr files for more info)
Harbour (itr site - see itr files for more info)
Scheduled monument · UNCERTAIN · ~6.5 mi

Harbour is an uncertain harbour located in the Ards peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland. The site lies on Early Carboniferous limestone bedrock interspersed with bands of claystone and siltstone, geology that has shaped both the natural harbour conditions and the practical challenges of main…

Shell midden
Shell midden
Scheduled monument · ~8.8 mi

Shell midden is a midden located in the Ards peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland, at grid reference J497116. The site is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference number 16104. Shell middens are accumulations of discarded mollusc shells and other food debris, marking p…

Castle espie brickworks powder and explosives store. powder store, cf ihr 2781
Castle espie brickworks powder and explosives store. powder store, cf ihr 2781
Scheduled monument · ~8.9 mi

Castle Espie Brickworks Powder and Explosives Store is a structure located in the Ards peninsula of County Down, Northern Ireland. The building stands on bedrock of the Armagh Group, Visean limestone geology characterised by interbedded limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone. The…

Mill chimney - ihr 03065
Scheduled monument · MODERN · ~0.5 miles
Castlewilliam. castle
Scheduled monument · LATE-MED · ~1 miles
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1689
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1177
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Battle of Strangford Lough
877
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