The Annals of Ulster record that Oswald besieged and captured Din Eidyn in 638 — the fortress on the rock that would become Edinburgh Castle. This was the decisive moment when Lothian passed from British/Gododdin hands to Anglian Northumbria. The kingdom of the Gododdin effectively ended here. Edinburgh would remain part of Northumbria until Malcolm II reconquered Lothian at Carham in 1018.
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