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Early Medieval

Pictish Kingdom of Fortriu vs Norse Raiders 839 AD — Strathearn Action

839
Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Pictish Strathearn levy
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Norse great army
Outcome
Norse total victory; Strathearn plundered; Pictish noble class decimated
The Battle

History & Significance

The Norse great army that annihilated the Pictish host at Forteviot also raided deeply into Strathearn; this secondary action completed the destruction of Pictish military power and precipitated the collapse that Kenneth MacAlpin exploited

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Pictish Kingdom of Fortriu vs Norse Raiders 839 AD — Strathearn Action

Ash Keys, enclosure and possible moated homestead 420m WSW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~0.5 miles
St Mackessog's Church,Auchterarder
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
Drumtogle, enclosure 300m SE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.4 miles
St Bean's Church,Kinkell
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 miles
Barrow cemetery and pits, 300m WNW of South Strathy
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
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