In the year following Nechtansmere, the Picts pressed their advantage. Bridei mac Beli sent raiding parties into Lothian and may have temporarily recovered territory as far as the Firth of Forth. Northumbrian power in the north collapsed almost overnight after Ecgfrith died on the field. Though Northumbria eventually stabilised its border, the permanent expansion of Northumbrian power into Pictland was over forever.
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