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Battle of Nechtansmere

Pictish forces led by King Bridei III have successfully ambushed the Northumbrian army of King Ecgfrith in the marshy terrain near Dunnichen. The Picts, using their knowledge of the land and element o

Year 685
Date 5/20
Location Nechtansmere, Near Dunnichen, Scotland
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Visibility HIDDEN
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Key Figures

King Bridei III King Ecgfrith Pictish Warrior Northumbrian Commander Northumbrian Soldier
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 610 linked moments

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