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Battle site (Glebe)

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

History & Significance

Battle site (Glebe) 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.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Battle site (Glebe) 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
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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Scheduled Monuments near Battle site (Glebe)

Castlenagree. mound (cashel or barrow?)
Castlenagree. mound (cashel or barrow?)
Scheduled monument · PREHISTORIC · ~4.9 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 · ~5.6 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 · ~5.6 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 · ~6.2 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…

Dun sobhairce, dunseverick castle. dunseverick castle
Dun sobhairce, dunseverick castle. dunseverick castle
Scheduled monument · C13TH · ~6.8 mi

Dunseverick Castle is a thirteenth-century fortification located in Moyle, County Antrim, commanding a position on the north Antrim coast. The castle exploits the natural defensive advantages of its geological setting, built upon Palaeogene extrusive rocks formed from ancient mafic lava flows and…

Mound, possible motte
Mound, possible motte
Scheduled monument · UNCERTAIN · ~7 mi

Mound, possible motte is an uncertain earthwork located near Ballymoney in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument consists of a mound whose precise date and function remain unclear, though its form suggests it may be a motte, the earthen stronghold typical of Norman settlement in medieval…

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. · ~0.2 miles
Crannog
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~2.2 miles
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Battles near Battle site (Glebe)

Battle site (Carncoggy)
~0.9 miles away
Battle site (Eagry)
~3.8 miles away
Perrot's Siege of Dunluce Castle
1584
~4.7 miles away
Battle site (Bendooragh)
1642
~7 miles away
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