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Battle site (Losset)

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

History & Significance

Battle site (Losset) 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 (Losset) lies on Leitrim Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate.

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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
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Scheduled Monuments near Battle site (Losset)

Tornaroan salt pan. salt pan
Tornaroan salt pan. salt pan
Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Tornaroan salt pan is a prehistoric salt-production site located in the Moyle district of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument represents evidence of Iron Age or early medieval salt-working activity, when coastal communities exploited natural brine sources or seawater to produce salt thr…

Fortified outcrop
Fortified outcrop
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~2 mi

Fortified outcrop, Moyle is a small early medieval fortified settlement situated on an elevated natural bedrock outcrop in County Antrim. The site occupies a defensible position where Leitrim Group strata—sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate formed during the Namurian period—create a r…

Danrainey fort, dunrainey. possible motte
Danrainey fort, dunrainey. possible motte
Scheduled monument · UNCERTAIN · ~2.3 mi

Dunrainey fort is a possible motte situated in the Moyle district of Northern Ireland. The monument consists of an uncertain mound whose original form and dimensions remain subject to archaeological interpretation. As a potential motte, it may represent a Norman or medieval fortification typical…

Ballycastle ice house. ice house
Ballycastle ice house. ice house
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 mi

Ballycastle ice house is a nineteenth-century underground structure built into the volcanic bedrock of County Antrim. The site sits upon Palaeogene extrusive rocks—mafic lava and tuff formed during ancient volcanic activity millions of years before human settlement. This geological foundation pro…

Dun a mallaght. mound (possibly motte)
Dun a mallaght. mound (possibly motte)
Scheduled monument · UNCERTAIN · ~2.6 mi

Dun a Mallaght is a mound of uncertain origin situated in the Moyle district of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument may represent a motte, a defensive earthwork characteristic of medieval fortification, though its precise function and date remain unclear. The mound occupies bedrock comp…

Doonmore fort. fortified outcrop, possibly motte and bailey
Doonmore fort. fortified outcrop, possibly motte and bailey
Scheduled monument · MEDIEVAL · ~2.6 mi

Doonmore fort is a medieval fortified outcrop located in the Moyle district of Northern Ireland. The monument rises from bedrock of Palaeogene mafic igneous origin, forming a naturally defensible position. Its structure suggests characteristics of a motte and bailey earthwork, though adapted to t…

Megalithic tomb
Scheduled monument · PREHISTORIC · ~0.1 miles
Court tomb
Scheduled monument · NEOLITHIC · ~0.2 miles
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Battles near Battle site (Losset)

Battle site (Barnish)
~1.2 miles away
Battle of Glenshesk
~1.8 miles away
Battle site (Ballycastle)
1585
~2.3 miles away
Battle of Glentaisie (1565)
1565
~3.2 miles away
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