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Early Medieval

Viking Raid on Portmahomack Pictish Monastery 800

800
Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Pictish monastery at Portmahomack
Forces
Pictish monastic settlement at Portmahomack
VS
Victor
Norse raiders
Forces
Norse raiding party
Outcome
Norse victory; monastery destroyed; Pictish monastic community dispersed
The Battle

History & Significance

Norse raiders attacked the important Pictish Christian monastery at Portmahomack on the Tarbat peninsula; archaeological evidence shows violent destruction at this site around 800 AD including smashed sculpture and burned buildings

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Viking Raid on Portmahomack Pictish Monastery 800

Portmahomack monastic settlement, 95m SSW of Tarbat West Church
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.8 miles
Castle Haven,dun
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~3.1 miles
Cadboll Castle
Scheduled monument · ~3.8 miles
Newton Chapel
Scheduled monument · ~4.3 miles
Hilton of Cadboll, chapel and site of cross slab 90m NNW of Parkside
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~4.4 miles
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