Norse forces operating from their Wirral base raided inland into Flintshire and Denbighshire around 918, striking at the monastery of Bangor-on-Dee. The Norse settlement on the Wirral established after the expulsion from Dublin in 902 became a base for raids into north-east Wales and Mercia. The monastery at Bangor-on-Dee was a significant ecclesiastical centre that attracted Norse raiders seeking portable wealth.
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