David I besieged Wark-on-Tyne as part of his systematic campaign to control the border region during the Anarchy. Wark was one of several Northumbrian castles that resisted Scottish siege. The English chronicler Aelred of Rievaulx praised the garrison's defence. David's inability to reduce all English border castles quickly showed the limits of Scottish siege capability even at the height of his power.
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