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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A sixth-century AD Anglian kingdom in present-day northeast England and southeast Scotland. It was later part of the kingdom of Northumbria.
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Those whose names are followed by a B. or D. ruled only over Bernicia or Deira respectively.] _House of Bernicia_ _House of Deira_
A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII Samuel Rawson Gardiner 1865
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His new kingdom was called Bernicia, and his principal fortress was on a rock by the sea at Bamborough.
A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII Samuel Rawson Gardiner 1865
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Its king, Urien, is remembered in Historia Brittonum as having almost destroyed the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia, at a date some time before Aethelric became king of Bernicia in 593.
The battle of Arfderydd or Arthuret Carla 2010
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Bernicia and Dal Riada are separated by a similar distance.
Early medieval armies: campaigning range Carla 2010
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At the Battle of Degsastan in 603 Aethelferth of Bernicia defeated Aidan of Dal Riada, but ...
Early medieval armies: numbers Carla 2010
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It was not on the east coast, since that area is accounted for by Bernicia and Deira, so that leaves a gap on the map in the area that is now north-west England and/or south-west Scotland, and it seems logical to place Rheged there.
The battle of Arfderydd or Arthuret Carla 2010
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Northumbria had more or less united Bernicia and Deira by the time of these two battles and so had become quite a large territory, extending from at least Bamburgh in the north to at least the York area in the south, a distance of around 130 miles or so.
Early medieval armies: campaigning range Carla 2010
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Aethelferth of Bernicia, however, was nearly 200 miles from the heartland of his territory at Bebbanburgh modern Bamburgh.
Early medieval armies: campaigning range Carla 2010
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Location: Unknown; however the territories of Bernicia and Dal Riada are a fair way apart see sketch map.
Early medieval armies: campaigning range Carla 2010
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That reminds me of Ida fortifying Bamburgh, which was presumably part of a foundation story about the origins of Bernicia, and would be consistent with your comment.
Birdoswald Roman Fort: dating the post-Roman use of the site Carla 2010
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