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Early Medieval

Kenneth MacAlpin Repels Viking Raid on Pictish Heartland 848

848
Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Norse war-band
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Kenneth MacAlpin Scottish forces
Outcome
Scots-Pictish forces drove off Norse raiders; heartland preserved
The Battle

History & Significance

Kenneth mac Alpin defended the Pictish heartland of Strathearn and Perthshire from continued Norse raiding following the 839 catastrophe; establishing the new unified kingdom required repelling continued Norse pressure

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Kenneth MacAlpin Repels Viking Raid on Pictish Heartland 848

King's Seat, fort
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.6 miles
Torrvald, farmstead 450m NW of Creagan Loisgte
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.7 miles
Dunkeld House,standing stone 490m NE of
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~1.9 miles
Parktown, abandoned farmstead, mill and lade
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2 miles
Salachill, abandoned township 250m SSE of
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 miles
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