Battle of Catraeth

Battle of Catraeth
Date	c. 600
Location	Perhaps Catterick, North Yorkshire54°22′38″N 1°37′48″W / 54.377358°N 1.630096°W
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.