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Early Medieval

Bridei mac Bili Rejects Northumbrian Tribute Demand c.680

680
Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Northumbrian political pressure
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Pictish kingdom under Bridei mac Bili
Outcome
Pictish political assertion; tribute refused; hostilities resumed
The Battle

History & Significance

Bridei mac Bili became Pictish king c.672 and progressively refused Northumbrian tribute obligations; this political rupture set the stage for Ecgfrith's fatal invasion of 685; represents the Pictish renaissance after years of Anglian domination

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Scheduled Monuments near Bridei mac Bili Rejects Northumbrian Tribute Demand c.680

Struan Church, St Fillan's Church and cross-slab
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.4 miles
Tom an Tigh Mhoir,motte W of Struan Church
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Clach na h'Iobairt, standing stone 300m E of Pitagowan
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18th century military road, 574m NNW of Clunes Bungalow to 1090m NW of Clunes Bungalow
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Edintian, kerb-cairns 1350m WNW of
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