During his 1079 raid, Malcolm III burned the town and settlement around Bamburgh Castle but the fortress itself -- perched on its great sea-rock -- was too strong to take without siege equipment. The burning of Bamburgh was symbolic: this was the ancient heart of Northumbria, and Malcolm's ability to devastate it showed how vulnerable the north of England was to Scottish attack. The castle's survival shows the limits of Scottish ability to project permanent power even when raiding at will.
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