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Battle of Dun Nechtain

Battle of Dun Nechtain

The Pictish forces, led by their chieftain, are poised on higher ground, strategically positioned to ambush the advancing Northumbrian army as they struggle through the marshy lowlands below. The Pict

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

Pictish Chieftain Northumbrian Commander Pictish Warrior Northumbrian Standard Bearer Pictish Horn Blower
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 594 linked moments

D
Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain (alternative name)
685 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Ecgfrith
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain
685 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
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 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 · same figure
B
Battle of Hatfield Chase
633 · same figure
B
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · same figure
B
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · same figure
D
Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
685 · same figure
P
Pictish Consolidation of Northern Britain
686 · same figure
D
Death of King Ecgfrith
685 · same figure
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain
685 · same figure
B
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · same figure
B
Battle of Dunnichen
685 · same figure
D
Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
685 · same figure
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain (alternative name)
685 · same figure
D
Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
685 · same figure
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain
685 · same figure
D
Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
685 · same figure
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain
685 · same figure
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · same figure
B
Battle of Dun Nechtain
685 · same figure
B
Battle of Carham
1018 · same figure
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · same figure
B
Battle of Carham
1018 · same figure
B
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Nechtansmere
685 · same figure
D
Death of King Ecgfrith
685 · contemporaneous