A series of raids and skirmishes in the Clwyd valley area by the aggressive Northumbrian king Aethelfrith in the period before the great Battle of Chester (616). Place-name and chronicle evidence suggests repeated Northumbrian incursions into north-east Wales in this period. Location is estimated within Aethelfrith's known raiding range. Confidence is low as specific chronicle evidence is thin.
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