The Norse fleet that raided Lindisfarne in 793 used Orkney as its primary staging post in Scottish waters before driving south. Orkney provided shelter, fresh water and local intelligence for the raiding fleet. This first documented use of Orkney as a Norse staging ground for attacks on Britain established the strategic pattern that would make Orkney indispensable to Norse operations in the British Isles for two centuries.
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