Norse raiding parties operating from their Galloway and Isle of Man bases struck the Whithorn pilgrimage route in the early tenth century, disrupting one of the most important ecclesiastical centres in southern Scotland. The raids on the Whithorn route were part of Norse control over the Irish Sea trading and raiding sphere in which southwest Scotland was fully integrated.
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