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Early Medieval

Oengus II — Second Pictish Supremacy over Dalriada c.768

768
Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Kingdom of Dalriada
Forces
Dalriadan forces
VS
Victor
Pictish Kingdom under Oengus II
Forces
Pictish army under Oengus II
Outcome
Pictish overlordship reasserted; Dalriada tributary again to Pictish king
The Battle

History & Significance

Oengus II repeated his father Oengus I's subjugation of Dalriada in a new campaign; the Annals record Pictish overlordship reasserted after Dalriadan recovery; the second Pictish domination proved the last before the tables turned under Kenneth MacAlpin

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Oengus II — Second Pictish Supremacy over Dalriada c.768

Crinan Moss,cist,Barsloisnoch
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~0.7 miles
Dunadd,fort,boar carving,ogam inscription and cupmarkings
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.9 miles
Dunadd, standing stone 190m ESE of Dunadd Cottage
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.1 miles
Poltalloch,standing stone 500m WSW of East Lodge
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.1 miles
Barsloisnach, two cists 230m ESE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.2 miles
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