Territorial change of Dál Riata

“Dál Riata” — appears in this map’s data from AD 540 to 899. Its territory was largest in AD 750 – 839, at ≈ 60 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 540 – 586≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 587 – 611≈ 17 thousand km²
AD 612 – 643≈ 19 thousand km²
AD 644 – 749≈ 15 thousand km²
AD 750 – 839≈ 60 thousand km²
AD 840 – 874≈ 42 thousand km²
AD 875 – 898≈ 42 thousand km²
AD 899 – 899≈ 42 thousand km²
AD 540AD 899

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 750 – 839 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 540≈ 16 thousand km²45 of 64
AD 546≈ 16 thousand km²46 of 64
AD 555≈ 16 thousand km²47 of 67
AD 561≈ 16 thousand km²48 of 68
AD 567≈ 16 thousand km²49 of 68
AD 569≈ 16 thousand km²49 of 68
AD 577≈ 16 thousand km²52 of 70
AD 587≈ 17 thousand km²48 of 67
AD 592≈ 17 thousand km²49 of 70
AD 602≈ 17 thousand km²46 of 69
AD 612≈ 19 thousand km²47 of 68
AD 617≈ 19 thousand km²44 of 65
AD 623≈ 19 thousand km²48 of 69
AD 626≈ 19 thousand km²48 of 67
AD 627≈ 19 thousand km²48 of 67
AD 628≈ 19 thousand km²47 of 65
AD 629≈ 19 thousand km²50 of 68
AD 630≈ 19 thousand km²51 of 68
AD 633≈ 19 thousand km²49 of 69
AD 634≈ 19 thousand km²48 of 66
AD 638≈ 19 thousand km²53 of 71
AD 641≈ 19 thousand km²53 of 71
AD 644≈ 15 thousand km²55 of 74
AD 647≈ 15 thousand km²52 of 70
AD 656≈ 15 thousand km²51 of 69
AD 661≈ 15 thousand km²50 of 68
AD 666≈ 15 thousand km²50 of 67
AD 674≈ 15 thousand km²50 of 69
AD 682≈ 15 thousand km²53 of 68
AD 692≈ 15 thousand km²54 of 67
AD 705≈ 15 thousand km²55 of 68
AD 710≈ 15 thousand km²56 of 69
AD 718≈ 15 thousand km²55 of 69
AD 724≈ 15 thousand km²54 of 69
AD 732≈ 15 thousand km²52 of 67
AD 741≈ 15 thousand km²54 of 71
AD 750≈ 60 thousand km²49 of 76
AD 751≈ 60 thousand km²50 of 77
AD 755≈ 60 thousand km²49 of 79
AD 757≈ 60 thousand km²46 of 76
AD 763≈ 60 thousand km²44 of 74
AD 768≈ 60 thousand km²43 of 75
AD 772≈ 60 thousand km²43 of 72
AD 775≈ 60 thousand km²41 of 73
AD 778≈ 60 thousand km²43 of 72
AD 783≈ 60 thousand km²43 of 73
AD 788≈ 60 thousand km²42 of 68
AD 793≈ 60 thousand km²47 of 78
AD 800≈ 60 thousand km²47 of 77
AD 806≈ 60 thousand km²44 of 73
AD 814≈ 60 thousand km²44 of 76
AD 825≈ 60 thousand km²45 of 77
AD 830≈ 60 thousand km²46 of 77
AD 840≈ 42 thousand km²51 of 80
AD 850≈ 42 thousand km²52 of 86
AD 860≈ 42 thousand km²54 of 89
AD 866≈ 42 thousand km²58 of 95
AD 870≈ 42 thousand km²56 of 94
AD 875≈ 42 thousand km²55 of 97
AD 876≈ 42 thousand km²55 of 97
AD 878≈ 42 thousand km²56 of 100
AD 880≈ 42 thousand km²58 of 102
AD 882≈ 42 thousand km²56 of 101
AD 884≈ 42 thousand km²57 of 102
AD 886≈ 42 thousand km²59 of 104
AD 887≈ 42 thousand km²62 of 107
AD 888≈ 42 thousand km²65 of 108
AD 892≈ 42 thousand km²65 of 108
AD 896≈ 42 thousand km²63 of 109
AD 898≈ 42 thousand km²66 of 115
AD 899≈ 42 thousand km²67 of 117

Its highest rank was in AD 775: number 73 of 41.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Preceded and succeeded by

Succeeded by: Kingdom of Alba

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

Dál Riata or Dál Riada (also Dalriada) () was a Gaelic kingdom that encompassed the western seaboard of Scotland and northeastern Ireland, on each side of the North Channel.

Wikipedia (English) “Dál Riata”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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