Qualla: Battle of Heavenfield https://qualla.com/battle-of-heavenfield en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/9/battle-of-heavenfield-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Heavenfield https://qualla.com/battle-of-heavenfield Battle of Heavenfield: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-heavenfield/ Photo credit Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0. The night before the battle, according to Bede, the exiled Northumbrian prince Oswald had a vision of Saint Columba telling him he would win. The next morning, in 633 or 634, beside the line of an already four-hundred-year-old Roman wall, Oswald raised a wooden cross, prayed aloud with his soldiers, and waited for the enemy to come up the slope at him. The Welsh king Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd, who had laid waste to Northumbria and killed two of its kings in a year, came on. He never went back south.

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/9/battle-of-heavenfield-wp/gcy9-battle-of-heavenfield-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Heavenfield: A Year of Disaster https://qualla.com/battle-of-heavenfield/ Photo credit Fraser Darrah, Public domain. Northumbria, the great northern Anglo-Saxon kingdom, had been broken in less than twelve months. On 12 October 633, at the Battle of Hatfield Chase, an unlikely alliance between Cadwallon of Gwynedd (a Christian Briton) and Penda of Mercia (a pagan Anglian) killed King Edwin of N...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/9/battle-of-heavenfield-wp/gcy9-battle-of-heavenfield-a-year-of-disaster.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Heavenfield: Standing Beside the Wall https://qualla.com/battle-of-heavenfield/ Photo credit Fraser Darrah, Public domain. Cadwallon advanced north from York along Dere Street, the old Roman road. Oswald took up a defensive position beside Hadrian's Wall about four miles north of Hexham, facing east, with his flanks shielded by Brady's Crag to the north and the Wall itself to the south. The Welsh arm...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/9/battle-of-heavenfield-wp/gcy9-battle-of-heavenfield-standing-beside-the-wall.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Heavenfield: The Saint-King https://qualla.com/battle-of-heavenfield/ Photo credit Fraser Darrah, Public domain. After the battle, Oswald reunited Deira with Bernicia and became king of all Northumbria. Bede, writing a century later, saw the victory as the moment Christianity was restored to the kingdom. Oswald reigned for eight years before he was killed at the Battle of Maserfield in 641 ...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/9/battle-of-heavenfield-wp/gcy9-battle-of-heavenfield-the-saint-king.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Heavenfield: The Site Today https://qualla.com/battle-of-heavenfield/ Photo credit Fraser Darrah, Public domain. On the B6318, the military road that follows Hadrian's Wall east from Chollerford, a wooden cross stands at the roadside marking the traditional battle site. On the hill north of the cross stands St Oswald's Church, Heavenfield, on the spot where Oswald is said to have raised his...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/9/battle-of-heavenfield-wp/gcy9-battle-of-heavenfield-the-site-today.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Heavenfield: Flying Over Heavenfield https://qualla.com/battle-of-heavenfield/ Photo credit Fraser Darrah, Public domain. Coordinates 55.020 N, 2.100 W, geohash gcy90. Cruise 1,500 to 3,000 ft AGL for the best read of the wall and the rolling pasture. The traditional battle site lies along the B6318 military road, which traces Hadrian's Wall east-west across the moor. From the air, look for the dist...

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