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This was an attempt at identifying the location of the [[Battle of Catraeth]]. Today this is usually recognised instead as [[Catterick,_North_Yorkshire|Catterick]]. |
This was an attempt at identifying the location of the [[Battle of Catraeth]]. Today this is usually recognised instead as [[Catterick,_North_Yorkshire|Catterick]]. |
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Nicholson's proposition was given added circulation when it was recycled in the local history book "Kirkcaldy Burgh and Schyre" <ref> "Kirkcaldy Burgh and Schyre" (1924) pp42/3 published by the Fifeshire Advertiser (Macbean was also the paper's editor).</ref> by its editor and co-author Lachlan Macbean.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hymnology.hymnsam.co.uk/l/lachlan-macbean|title=Hymnology|website=hymnology.hymnsam.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electricscotland.com/history/articles/raith.htm |title=excerpt from ''Kirkcaldy Burgh and Schyre'' |publisher=Electricscotland.com |date= |accessdate=2012-09-08}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 09:59, 3 June 2019
| Battle of Raith | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Angles |
Britons Scots Picts | ||||||
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| Áedán mac Gabráin | |||||||
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| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Raith was the theory of E. W. B. Nicholson, librarian at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. He was aware of the poem Y Gododdin in the Book of Aneirin and was aware that no-one had identified the location "Catraeth". He parsed the name as "cat" Gaelic for battle or fight, and "Raeth" and he recalled that there was a place in Scotland called Raith.[1][2]
Nicholson's claim was that this battle was fought in 596 AD to the west of present-day Kirkcaldy. An invading force of Angles landed on the Fife coast[3] near Raith and defeated an alliance of Scots, Britons and Picts under King Áedán mac Gabráin of Dál Riata.
This was an attempt at identifying the location of the Battle of Catraeth. Today this is usually recognised instead as Catterick.
Nicholson's proposition was given added circulation when it was recycled in the local history book "Kirkcaldy Burgh and Schyre" [4] by its editor and co-author Lachlan Macbean.[5][6]
References
- ^ The Celtic Review, Vol. 6 No. 23 (Jan 1910) pp214-236
- ^ "The Celtic review". Edinburgh : Macleod – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "596 A.D. - The Battle of Raith | made by young people at Makewaves". Radiowaves.co.uk. 2009-05-21. Archived from the original on 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Kirkcaldy Burgh and Schyre" (1924) pp42/3 published by the Fifeshire Advertiser (Macbean was also the paper's editor).
- ^ "Hymnology". hymnology.hymnsam.co.uk.
- ^ "excerpt from ''Kirkcaldy Burgh and Schyre''". Electricscotland.com. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
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