King Ecgfrith of Northumbria, despite the warnings of Cuthbert, led his army into Pictish territory. The Picts lured him into an ambush beside a loch. Ecgfrith and most of his army were killed. The defeat permanently ended Northumbrian expansion into Scotland and the north. Bede described it as the turning point at which Northumbrian power began to decline. Scotland north of the Forth remained beyond English reach.
Ecgfrith and most of his army killed
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