Eric Bloodaxe, expelled from York for the second time, was ambushed and killed at Stainmore Pass in the Pennines. His betrayer was traditionally identified as Maccus, son of Olaf. The location — the high Roman road crossing from Northumbria into Cumbria — was significant: Stainmore had been contested territory between Norse Northumbria and the English kingdom. Eric's death there marked the boundary of two worlds.
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