Oswald was only to spend eight years upon the Northumbrian throne before he was defeated and killed by King Penda of Mercia at the Battle of Maserfield, in Shropshire.
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The road east of Chollerford that runs alongside the Roman Wall (B6318) has a wooden cross standing alongside it to mark site of the Battle of Heavenfield.
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