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Battle site (Kilroot)

1199
northern_ireland
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
northern_ireland
Status
Unregistered
The Battle

History & Significance

Battle site (Kilroot) was a medieval pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Northern Ireland in 1199. 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 (Kilroot) lies on Mercia Mudstone Group, bedrock that formed in the Rhaetian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.

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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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Scheduled Monuments near Battle site (Kilroot)

Kilroot church, kilrothe, kille rootha. modern church & graveyard on site of early monastic site & medieval parish church & graveyard with bullaun & holy well
Kilroot church, kilrothe, kille rootha. modern church & graveyard on site of early monastic site & medieval parish church & graveyard with bullaun & holy well
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~0.1 mi

Kilroot Church is an ecclesiastical site of considerable antiquity near Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. The modern church and graveyard occupy the location of an early monastic settlement, followed by a medieval parish church with its associated graveyard. The site preserves evidence of its reli…

Barrow
Barrow
Scheduled monument · BRONZE AGE · ~1.8 mi

Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, in the townland of Greenisland. The monument stands on bedrock of the Mercia Mudstone Group, a geological formation laid down during the Rhaetian age and comprising mudstone, sandstone and limestone. These underlying de…

Fisherman's quay. stone quay
Fisherman's quay. stone quay
Scheduled monument · MODERN · ~2 mi

Fisherman's Quay is a modern stone quay located in Carrickfergus, County Antrim. Built upon Early Triassic sandstone bedrock, the structure reflects the historical importance of this coastal settlement as a trading and fishing port. The red sandstone geology underlying the site is characteristic…

Boundary wall of joymount gardens
Boundary wall of joymount gardens
Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~2.3 mi

Boundary wall of Joymount Gardens is a post-medieval defensive wall in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, constructed to enclose the gardens of a substantial residential property. Built from locally quarried stone derived from the underlying Mercia Mudstone Group geology of the area, the wall reflects…

Lislaynan, templecorran church, temple-i-corran. post-med church on site of medieval parish church & graveyard
Lislaynan, templecorran church, temple-i-corran. post-med church on site of medieval parish church & graveyard
Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~2.7 mi

Templecorran Church is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site located in Larne, County Antrim, occupying the location of a medieval parish church and its associated graveyard. The church represents a continuity of religious use at this spot spanning centuries, with the medieval structures eventually…

Rath
Rath
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~8.2 mi

Rath — a e.christ. rath is an early Christian ringfort located in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument sits upon bedrock comprising the Hibernian Greensands Formation and Ulster White Limestone Formation, Late Cretaceous deposits of chalk and sandstone that underlie much of…

Bishop's house. c17th house & bawn
Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~0.1 miles
Kilroot battery. ww1 coastal battery
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
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