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Early Medieval

Malcolm I Cedes Strathclyde to Scots 945

945
Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Strathclyde Britons
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Scottish forces allied with English under Edmund I
Outcome
Strathclyde became a Scottish dependency; Scottish borders extended significantly south
The Battle

History & Significance

English King Edmund I ravaged Strathclyde and ceded it to Malcolm I of Scotland for his military support; Malcolm received the kingdom of Cumbria/Strathclyde as a dependency, greatly extending Scottish territory southward

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St Serfs Church, Dumbarton
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Dumbarton Castle
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Fornet Cottage, crannog 290m N of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~1.2 miles
Langbank, crannog 180m ENE of Clydeview
Scheduled monument · Iron Age–Medieval · ~1.2 miles
Finlaystone House, timber ponds 505m NE of
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