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Early Medieval

Dalriadan Sea Power Challenge to Pictish Supremacy c.778

778
Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Pictish land-based pressure
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Dalriadan war-galleys
Outcome
Dalriadan sea power preserved; Pictish control inland vs Dalriadan coastal autonomy
The Battle

History & Significance

Dalriadan fleet operations in the inner Hebrides challenged Pictish tributary arrangements; the naval dimension of the Pict-Dalriada conflict is underappreciated — Dalriada depended on sea power to maintain links with Ireland and resist Pictish land pressure

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