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Battle site (Shivey)

1068
northern_ireland
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
northern_ireland
Status
Unregistered
The Battle

History & Significance

Battle site (Shivey) was a medieval pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Northern Ireland in 1068. 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.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Battle site (Shivey) lies on Armagh Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.

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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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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle site (Shivey)

Giant's grave. wedge tomb
Giant's grave. wedge tomb
Scheduled monument · NEO/B.A. · ~2.5 mi

Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb located near Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. This Neolithic or Bronze Age megalithic monument consists of a stone-built chamber constructed to hold communal burials, characteristic of the wedge tomb tradition that flourished across Ireland during the late…

Ballyclog old church. church & graveyard
Ballyclog old church. church & graveyard
Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~5.8 mi

Ballyclog Old Church is a post-medieval ecclesiastical site comprising a church and graveyard situated near Cookstown in County Tyrone. The monument occupies bedrock of the Sherwood Sandstone Group, a geological formation of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone that dates to the Ladinian period and…

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

Cookstown Stone Circle is a Bronze Age stone circle located near Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The monument stands upon bedrock composed of a mafic igneous intrusion of Silurian age, part of the ancient volcanic geology that underlies much of this region. The circle is protected a…

Dungannon castle, o'neill's castle. castle & house (site of)
Dungannon castle, o'neill's castle. castle & house (site of)
Scheduled monument · POST-MED · ~7.5 mi

Dungannon castle is a post-medieval fortification located in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The castle served as a significant stronghold of the O'Neill dynasty, particularly during the sixteenth century when the O'Neills held considerable power in Ulster. The site represents both de…

Counterscarp rath
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~2.5 miles
Bronze age settlement & ring ditch
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 miles
Chambered grave. megalithic tomb
Scheduled monument · PREHISTORIC · ~2.6 miles
Platform rath
Scheduled monument · E.CHRIST. · ~2.9 miles
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