Aug 8, 2020
CLAN CARRUTHERS: THE BATTLE OF DUNNICHEN
CLAN CARRUTHERS: THE BATTLE OF DUNNICHEN
CLAN CARRUTHERS INT SOCIETY CCIS PROMPTUS ET FIDELIS
The Battle of Dunnichen
Saturday 20 May 685. The Pictish army of Bridei son of Beli, king of Fortriu, faced that of his cousin Ecgfrith son of Oswiu, king of the Northumbrian Angles. It was to be the crucible of an early Scotland.
Some 14 years earlier, Ecgfrith had led a similar foray north of the Tweed, against Bridei’s…
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