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Battle site (Knockan)

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

History & Significance

Battle site (Knockan) 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.

Confirmed battlefield location
The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Battle site (Knockan) 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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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle site (Knockan)

Rath
Rath
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~0.9 mi

Rath at Limavady is a small Early Christian ringfort, a form of enclosed settlement characteristic of early medieval Ireland. The monument consists of a roughly circular earthwork with an internal bank and ditch system, a defensive design typical of the period from the fifth to twelfth centuries.…

Standing stone
Standing stone
Scheduled monument · PREHISTORIC · ~2.7 mi

The standing stone at Limavady is a prehistoric monument of regional significance, located in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. Designated for protection by the Historic Environment Division under reference 12286, the stone represents a monument type that appears throughout the Irish landsc…

Dungiven castle. dungiven castle (part of walls)
Dungiven castle. dungiven castle (part of walls)
Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~2.8 mi

Dungiven Castle is a post-medieval fortification situated in Limavady, Northern Ireland, occupying bedrock of the Roe Valley Group formed during the Tournaisian period. The underlying geology comprises sandstone, conglomerate and subordinate argillaceous rocks, which would have provided locally a…

Stone alignment
Stone alignment
Scheduled monument · BRONZE AGE · ~7.3 mi

Stone alignment, Strabane is a Bronze Age arrangement of upright stones situated on bedrock of the Argyll Group, a Neoproterozoic formation of psammite, semipelite and pelite that underlies much of County Tyrone. The monument comprises stones set in a linear pattern, typical of ritual or ceremoni…

Counterscarp rath
Counterscarp rath
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~8.5 mi

Counterscarp rath is a probable early Christian rath situated near Magherafelt in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The monument is protected as a recorded historic monument under Historic Environment Division reference 12799. Raths of this period typically comprise a circular or sub-circular…

Wedge tomb
Wedge tomb
Scheduled monument · NEO/B.A. · ~9.2 mi

Wedge tomb near Strabane is a Neolithic or Bronze Age megalithic monument, one of Ireland's distinctive wedge-shaped gallery tombs. The structure sits upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, ancient psammite, semipelite and pelite deposits laid down during the Neoproterozoic era, which gives the immedi…

Rallagh fort. rath
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~0.8 miles
Stone circle/ remains of megalith
Scheduled monument · PREHISTORIC · ~0.9 miles
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Battles near Battle site (Knockan)

Battle site (Drumneechy)
1641
~5.2 miles away
Docwra and Niall Garbh: Raids through Londonderry and Tyrone
1602
~8.3 miles away
Battle site (Slaghtneill)
~10.3 miles away
Battle site (Carrickhugh)
1197
~10.6 miles away
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