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	Battle of Dunnichen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Dunnichen (Welsh Linn garan) or Battle of Nechtansmere was fought between the Picts and Northumbrians on May 20, 685.
		They met in battle on May 20 near Dunnichen; the Picts pretended to retreat, drawing the Northumbrians into the swamp of Dunnichen.
		Little is known about the actual battle; it was briefly described by the Venerable Bede in the 8th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Nechtansmere (270 words)

	Scotland - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		The Angles were decisively beaten off at the battle of Nechtansmere in Angus in 685.
		By 685, when King Bridei mac Bile defeated Northumbrian invaders at the battle of Nechtansmere, or Dunnichen Moss, in Angus, there was one high king of the Picts, whose centre of power lay at Fortriu in Strathearn but whose authority stretched over a group of peoples from the Forth to beyond the Moray Firth.
		The extent of rule of the mac Alpin dynasty south of the Forth ebbed and flowed during the 10th century and was not established until the Battle of Carham, immediately to the south of the Tweed, in 1018.
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		The disasterous battle of Mons Graupius when the Picts were given a good seeing to and the battle of Nechtansmere in 685AD when the Picts were the victors.
		His programme culminated in a great battle of the united Pictish tribes, of which the Caledonii were the leaders it would appear, and would result in the first recorded battle on Scottish soil.
		Thus the "English influence" retreated south of the River Forth and in both military and political terms, the Battle of Nechtansmere was a triumph for the Picts.
	www.members.lycos.co.uk /cruithne1966/Picts.htm (2552 words)

	Alan Fraser - Scotland - History of the Royal Lineage
		In 685, in the Battle of Nechtansmere, the Picts defeat the Northumbrians.
		The Battle of Carham, in which Malcolm II is victorious against a large army of English and Vikings, united Scotland and Lothian.
		Macbeth is killed in the Battle of Lumphanan by Malcolm, son of Duncan I. As king, Malcolm becomes Malcolm III.
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	Battle of Nechtansmere
		The Battle of Nechtansmere was fought between the Picts and Northumbrians on May 20, 685.
		The Northumbrians had been gradually extending their territory to the north, having captured Edinburgh in 638.
		They met in battle on May 20 near Dunnichen[?]; the Picts pretended to retreat, drawing the Northumbrians into the swamp of Nechtansmere.
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	History of Northumberland and Borders
		He was defeated and killed around the year 616 in battle at the River Idle by Raedwald of East Anglia, who installed Edwin, the son of Aella, a former king of Deira, as king.
		He was, however, himself defeated by an alliance of the exiled king of Gwynedd, Cadwallon ap Cadfan and Penda, king of Mercia, at the Battle of Hatfield Chase in 633.
		In 642, Oswald was killed by the Mercians under Penda at the Battle of Maserfield.
	history.earthsci.carleton.ca /uk/ukhistory.htm (957 words)

	Story of Scotland: Scots, Picts, Angles & Britons
		The battle scene, including severed heads, depicts both infantry and cavalry and has been suggested as being a defeat of the Picts by the Scots, but could well be a memorial to the Angle defeat at Dunnichen.
		In 603, the Anglian King Aethelfrith defeated Aedan (Aidan) of the Scots at the Battle of Degastan.
		The rule of the Britons of Strathclyde was at its height in the 7th century.
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	Battles
		The motivation for the battle must have been religious or political-religious on one side being the christian kingdoms, heirs of a maybe still living roman tradition and on the other half-heathen customs and perspectives kept by the bards, which also held up the memory of people's tradition of the times of roman hegemony before christendom.
		Known as the Battle of Nechtansmere, this was a decisive victory for the Picts over the Angles of Northumbria, who had forcibly occupied the southern part of Pictland for the previous thirty years and who, after their defeat, were never again a power in lands north of the Forth.
		Though militarily inconclusive, the battle ended in the withdrawal westward of Donald and his allies, with the result that Buchan held the disputed Earldom of Ross until his death in 1424, when it was resumed by the Crown.
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	The Pictish Kings
		The battle which followed, called the Battle of Nechtansmere by the English and Dunnichen by Caledonians, remains one of the most significant turning points in ancient history and has shaped the character of the land for the next 1300 years.
		In 711 a Pictish army is routed by a Northumbrian host on the plain of Manaw, probably somewhere in West Lothian; this marks the last known threat from these southern neighbors as Northumbrian power declines soon after that and ends with the fall of York to the Danes in 866.
		Regardless, Talorcan was killed, as was the British king Tewdur, Son of Beli at the battle of Mocetwawc.
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		At the battle of Nechtansmere, the Picts defeated the Angles and put to rest any further Northumbrian (Angle) northward expansion.
		The Norsemen believed to die in battle was a sure way of entering Valhalla, the great warriors reward in "Asgaard", and because of this pagan belief, the Vikings had no fear of dying in combat.
		At the battle of Lumphanan, he defeated MacBeth, who was slain in battle, and after some further resistance, he became king of Scotland, calling himself Malcolm III -- and of course being supported (and controlled) by the English.
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		One of the most famous ancient battles in Scotland took place between the Picts and the Angles and was known as the battle of Nechtansmere.
		The battle was joined at Dunnichen hill which is in the Angus region of Scotland.
		Flodden was a battle of the 16th century.
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	TH Dunnichen
		This is a replica of the Dunnichen Stone which was found near the site of the battle of Nechtansmere.
		It depicts the battle between the Picts and the Northumbrians.
		It is said that the outcome of this battle was instrumental in the foundation of the Scotland as an independent nation, paving the way for the Scots to unite the country under one king.
	www.gairney.plus.com /Trivial_History/TH-Angus/Angus-Dunnichen.htm (90 words)

	A Brief History of the Picts
		Tribes of native people were thought to be war-like, fought naked in battle, fought between themselves, and were basically barbaric in their culture.
		The battle waged and King Aedan was resoundly defeated, his two sons killed, and he disappeared from history.
		His ultimate challenge was achieved when in 685 AD he brought the Northumbrians to battle at Nechtansmere, also known as Dunnichen in Angus.
	www.pictavia.org /history/history.html (1152 words)

	Anglo-Saxon Kings of Britain
		King of Deira in 598, fought the Battle of Catraeth (Catterick) with Æthelfrid of Bernicia.
		In 493 he is defeated in the Battle of Badon.
		He was married to Ealswith (+904), fought the Battle of Eddington in May 878, he is the father of the common-law and the separation of administration and jurisdiction.
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	Archaeology of Scotland : gazeteer: aberlemno
		Underneath the carving of Pictish motifs at the top of the stone, this side depicts several scenes from a battle.
		This is probably the Battle of Nechtansmere in AD 685 between the Picts and Northumbrians.
		The carvings depict the Northumbrian king galloping away from the Pictish king, before turning to fight and finally being defeated and eaten by ravens at the base of the stone.
	www.arcl.ed.ac.uk /aos1nu/glossaries/gazeteer/dark_aberlemno.htm (196 words)

	May 20 - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		685 - The Battle of Nechtansmere is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated.
		1217 - The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke.
		The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
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	Historic Scotland
		On the reverse, a pitched battle between helmeted and bare-headed warriors is shown.
		This may represent the battle of Nechtansmere, where the Picts had won their famous victory over the Angles.
		This battlefield was just a few miles away from Aberlemno, and surviving Anglican helmets, with their long nose-guards, are similar to those portrayed on the stone.
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	Amazon.com: The Battle of Dunnichen, 685: Books: James E. Fraser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This is a straitforward introduction to the battle of Nechtansmere, also referred to as Dunnichen, where the Picts defeated Nechtan and his Anglian army.
		The battle is perhaps the most well documented event in Pictish history because of the stunning defeat they inflicted on the Northumbrian Angles.
		It considers the question of the criticality of the battle in ending Anglo-Saxon hegemony over the Picts and its effect on subsequent events in the North.
	www.amazon.com /Battle-Dunnichen-685-James-Fraser/dp/0752423487 (834 words)

	Concise Scottish History
		In 685, the Picts decisively defeated Angle invaders at the Battle of Nechtansmere, in what is now Angus.
		The Battle of Nechtansmere helped stop the northern spread of Anglian influence.
		Duncan I, who followed Malcolm II, was killed in battle by Macbeth, ruler of Moray (a kingdom north of Alba), in 1040.
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	Northumbria - Wikipedia Mirror
		Edwin, who accepted Christianity in 627, soon grew to become the most powerful king in England: he was recognized as Bretwalda and conquered the Isle of Man and Gwynedd in northern Wales.
		After the murder of Eanfrith, his brother, Oswald, backed warriors sent by Domnall Brecc of Dál Riata, defeated and killed Cadwallon at the Battle of Heavenfield in 634.
		He incorporated Gododdin lands northwards up to the Firth of Forth and also gradually extended his reach westward, encroaching on the remaining Cumbric speaking kingdoms of Rheged and Strathclyde.
	www.wiki-mirror.us /index.php/Northumbria (1583 words)

	Collins - collins.co.uk - Home of Collins Reference, Leisure and Lifestyle publishing
		From Julius Caesar’s invasion of Britain in 55 BC, to the battle of Nechtansmere in Medieval Scotland, from the Battle of Edgehill during the English Civil to defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden, the British Isles have echoed to the sound of battle.
		Getmapping British Battles presents these conflicts with a clarity never seen before, by combining aerial photography of the battlefields as they are now, overlaid with battlefield diagrams charting the course of the battles themselves.
		Together with texts giving further details of the wars, the generals, the casualties and the results, this is truly the ultimate package for the military or historical enthusiast.
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	Britons of Strathclyde
		The Northumbrian kingdom grew into a great power in the following decades, but at the battle of Nechtansmere in 685, the Picts with their king Brude MacBile killed the Northumbrian king Ecfrith and slaughtered his army.
		During Teudebur’s reign as king of Strathclyde, 722-52, the ascendance was with the Picts under their powerful king, Angus, who dominated northern Britain during the period 730-750.
		However Teudebur overcame the Picts at the battle of Mygedawg in 750.
	www.electricscotland.com /familytree/magazine/junjul2004/britons.htm (1136 words)

	Fortriu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As Woolf has pointed out, the only basis for it had been that a battle had taken place in Strathearn in which the Men of Fortriu had taken part.
		This is obviously an unconvincing reason on its own, because there are two Strathearns - one in the south, and one in the north - and, moreover, every battle has to be fought outside the territory of one of the combatants.
		Hence, it is in these areas that the united kingdom of the Picts came from, perhaps acquiring southern Pictland after the expulsion of the Northumbrians by King Bridei at the Battle of Dunnichen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fortriu (762 words)

	Out & About - Angus Villages
		In the churchyard, the stones are in better condition, with clear carvings of patterns, animals and soldiers on foot and on horseback, with spears, etc, which are believed to descriptions of the Battle of Nechtansmere
		This cairn was erected to commemorate the 1300th anniversary of the Battle of Nechtansmere.A plaque on the cairn explains;
		A little outside the village is Dunnichen - site of the Battle of Nechtansmere that gave birth to the Scottish nation.
	www.kinnettles.org.uk /angus_villages.cfm (2678 words)

	Wargaming the Dark Ages
		It's a time when warriors choose to die with their lord in battle and be immortalized in song and saga, as did the Gododdin at Catraeth or Bryhtnoth's hearth-band at Maldon.
		Larger forces would be made up by banding together the personal forces of lesser warlords under the leadership of a higher lord, prince, or king – though each warrior exercised personal loyalty to his lord, not necessarily to the king, and there was no concept of "country" or patriotism.
		An historical reconstruction of a battle between and Anglo/Welsh force and a Danish army in Montgomeryshire.
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	Celtic Genocide? - History Forum
		The Picts had lived in Scotland since before Roman times and as late as 685 the Pictish king was able to repel the Saxon invaders at the battle of Nechtansmere.
		After assuming the throne Kenneth is supposed to have killed the remaining Pictish claiments to the throne and defeated the remnants of the Pictish forces in a series of battles.
		Subsequent to Kenneth assuming the throne all traces of the Pictish language and culture start to disappear until little is left today except for a few Ogham instriptions and a handfull of placenames, mostly in Fife.
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