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Battle of Nechtansmere (Dunnichen)

Pictish warriors, led by King Bridei III, ambush the Northumbrian army of King Ecgfrith in a marshy battlefield near Dunnichen. The Picts use the terrain and mist to their advantage, launching a surpr

Year 685
Date 5/20
Location Dunnichen, Angus, Scotland
Layer 2
Visibility HIDDEN
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Key Figures

King Bridei III King Ecgfrith Pictish Warrior Northumbrian Captain Pictish Archer Northumbrian Soldier
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 602 linked moments

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Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · contemporaneous
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Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain (alternative name)
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain
685 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Ecgfrith
685 · contemporaneous
Battle of Nechtansmere
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain (alternative name)
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain
685 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Ecgfrith
685 · contemporaneous
Battle of Nechtansmere
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Ecgfrith
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain
685 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria at the Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Ecgfrith
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Nechtansmere (Battle of Dunnichen)
685 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
685 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Nechtansmere (Dunnichen)
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · contemporaneous