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Early Medieval

Oengus I Battle at Monid Craebe — Pictish Civil War 729

729
Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Drest
Forces
Drest Pictish claimant
VS
Victor
Oengus I
Forces
Oengus I Pictish forces
Outcome
Oengus I victory; civil war effectively ended
The Battle

History & Significance

The Annals of Ulster record a battle at Monid Craebe where Oengus mac Fergusa (Oengus I) fought and defeated Drest; one of at least two Pictish civil war battles that year that completed Oengus I's conquest of the Pictish kingship

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Scheduled Monuments near Oengus I Battle at Monid Craebe — Pictish Civil War 729

Danes Camp,fort,Camp Wood
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.1 miles
Easter Kinnear, unenclosed settlement 650m NNE of
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
Esky Loch, barrows 400m E of
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
Esky Loch, unenclosed settlement 400m ENE of
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
Easter Kinnear, unenclosed settlement & barrow NE of
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 miles
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