Battlefields›Malcolm III first raid
Medieval

Malcolm III first raid

1070
Northumberland, England
Also known as: Scottish raid 1070 · Malcolm raids northern England 1070
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Northumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Northern English communities
Forces
English communities c.100–300
VS
Victor
Malcolm III of Scotland
Forces
Malcolm III c.1,000–2,000
Outcome
Northumberland and Durham raided; English refugees carried off as slaves
The Battle

History & Significance

Malcolm III exploited the chaos of the Harrying to launch a devastating raid into northern England, carrying off English refugees as slaves and extending Scottish territorial claims southward.

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Malcolm III first raid

Halton medieval settlement
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles
Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
Haltonchesters Roman fort, settlement and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary east of Haltonchesters fort and the Fence Burn in wall mile 21
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybrae at Halton Shields and Haltonchesters Roman fort in wall miles 20 and 21
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Fence Burn and the track to Portgate Cottage in wall miles 21 and 22
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
More from this era

Other Medieval Battles

Norman march through Hampshire
1066
Hampshire, England
Burning of Southwark
1066
Surrey, England
Norman Storming of Romney — Reprisal 1066
1066
Kent, England
Submission of Canterbury to William I 1066
1066
Kent, England
Aubrey Research

Explore the landscape around Northumberland

Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.

Research a location near Northumberland
All Battlefields