The annals record that Llanbadarn Fawr near Aberystwyth was sacked by Norse raiders in 987 with the capture of an enormous number of people as slaves. Llanbadarn was one of the most important monastic centres of mid-Wales and its sack was a cultural as well as human catastrophe. The taking of slaves, rather than just portable wealth, was a particular characteristic of Norse raiding in the Irish Sea zone. The community took generations to recover.
2,000 allegedly enslaved
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