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Battle of Catraeth

c. 600 · 7th century

The Battle of Catraeth was fought around 600 between a war band of the British kingdom of Gododdin and the Angles of Deira and Bernicia. Known from the poem Y Gododdin attributed to Aneirin, it ended in the near-total destruction of the British warriors. Catraeth is usually identified with Catterick in North Yorkshire.

Battle of Catraeth
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Kingdom of Gododdin

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Battle of Catraeth. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/battle-of-catraeth
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