Editing Gododdin (section)

==Later history==
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[[File:Brittonic and Old English place names in the pre-1974 counties of Northumbria Durham Selkirkshire Roxburghshire Berwickshire Peeblesshire and the Lothians.png|320px|thumb|Map of place-names between the [[Firth of Forth]] and the [[River Tees]]: in green, names probably containing Brittonic elements; in red and orange, names probably containing the Old English elements -''ham'' and -''ingaham'' respectively. Brittonic names lie mostly to the north of the [[Lammermuir Hills|Lammermuir]] and [[Moorfoot Hills]] and may reflect the territory of the Gododdin.<ref>Map by [[Alaric Hall]], first published [http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/placenames/frames.htm here] as part of Bethany Fox, '[http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland]', ''The Heroic Age'', 10 (2007).</ref>]]
In the 6th century, Bryneich was invaded by the [[Angles (tribe)|Angles]] and became known as [[Bernicia]]. The Angles continued to press north. In around 600 the Gododdin raised a force of about 300 men to assault the Angle stronghold of [[Catraeth]], perhaps [[Catterick, North Yorkshire]]. The battle, which ended disastrously for the Britons, was memorialised in the poem ''[[Y Gododdin]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-16 |title=King Arthur in History |url=https://sianechard.ca/web-pages/king-arthur-in-history/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Siân Echard |publisher=Department of English Language and Literatures, University of British Columbia |language=en}}</ref>

In 638, Eidyn, modern Edinburgh, was under siege and fell to the Angles,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The History of Edinburgh Castle |url=https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Edinburgh-Castle/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Historic UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> for the Gododdin seem to have come under the rule of Bernicia around this time. To what extent the native population was replaced or assimilated is unknown. Bernicia became part of [[Northumbria]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Northumberland and Borders |url=https://history.earthsci.carleton.ca/uk/ukhistory.htm |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=history.earthsci.carleton.ca}}</ref> Shortly afterwards this came under a unified England, then in 1018 [[Malcolm II]] brought the region as far as the [[River Tweed]] under Scottish rule.