Battle of Catraeth

Battle of Catraeth
	Part of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain
	; Gododdin warriors, depicted on the cover of Kenneth Jackson’s edition of the Gododdin, set out to battle
Date	c. 570 or c. 600
Location	Modern Catterick, Yorkshire54°22′38″N 1°37′48″W / 54.37722°N 1.63000°W
Result	Gododdin defeated
Belligerents
Traditionally: Gododdin Ystrad Clud; Elfed; Rhufoniog; other Northern Britons; ; John T. Koch's theory: Gododdin Bernicia; allies of Madog Elfed; ;	Traditionally: Deira; Bernicia; John T. Koch's theory: Rheged Elfed; Deira; ;
Commanders and leaders
Traditionally: Mynyddog Mwynfawr Cynon ap Clydno; Madog Elfed; Gorthyn ab Yrfai; various others; ; John T. Koch's theory: Gwlgod Gododdin Yrfai ap Golstan; Madog Elfed; ;	Traditionally: Unknown ; ; ; ; John T. Koch's theory: Urien Rheged Gwallog ap Llênog; ;
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Unknown
	Catraeth Location of the battle in North Yorkshire Catraeth Catraeth (the United Kingdom)

The Battle of Catraeth was a legendary 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. 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.