Battle of Catraeth

Battle of Catraeth
Datec. 600
Location
Perhaps Catterick, North Yorkshire
54°22′38″N 1°37′48″W / 54.377358°N 1.630096°W / 54.377358; -1.630096
Result Angles victorious
Belligerents
Gododdin Angles
Commanders and leaders
Mynyddog Mwynfawr Unknown
Strength

At least 300 nobles

Unknown number of infantry		 Unknown, but far superior in number
Casualties and losses
Heavy Unknown

The Battle of Catraeth was 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. The Gododdin force was said to have consisted of warriors from all over the Hen Ogledd, and even some from as far afield as Gwynedd in North Wales and Pictland. The battle was disastrous for the Britons, who were nearly all killed. The slain warriors were commemorated in the important early poem Y Gododdin, attributed to Aneirin.