Kenneth III engaged a Danish raiding force near Forfar in Angus. The Danish raids into Angus in the 990s targeted the fertile agricultural heartland of Scotland. Forfar — close to the ancient Pictish power centre — was a prize worth defending. Kenneth III's resistance was part of the broader Scottish effort to contain Norse raiding after the high tide of Viking incursions in the ninth century.
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