What the records say
- When
- 600
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 54.38° N, 1.63° W
- Description
- battle around AD 600 between the Gododdin and the Angles
Battle of Catraeth
Sixth-century battle in northern Britain
The Battle of Catraeth was a battle fought around AD 600 between a force raised by the Gododdin, a Brythonic people of the Hen Ogledd or "Old North" of Britain, and the Angles of Bernicia and Deira. It was evidently an assault by the Gododdin party on the Angle stronghold of Catraeth, perhaps Catterick, North Yorkshire.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Welsh bard, Prince Aneirin of the Pennines (North West of England), writes the poem, "Y Gododdin", recording the events of the Battle of Catraeth”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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