20 May 685
Battle of Nechtansmere
Defeat leads to the creation of a Kingdom of the Picts in northern Britain.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Nechtansmere in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Defeat leads to the creation of a Kingdom of the Picts in northern Britain.
Defeated by the Picts under Brude mac Bili south east of Forfar.
Drawn by the Picts into unfavourable country & defeated south east of Forfar.
Egfrith & most of his army are slain.
Egfriths army is trapped between the shore of the loch between Dunnichen & Letham.
The Northumbrians are forced to retreat to Lothian & the Tweed Valley.
Death of Ecgfrith, killed at the Battle of Nechtansmere
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