The Isle of Wight served repeatedly as a Danish base in the late 10th and early 11th centuries. In 998 the Danish fleet used the island as a base for raids into Hampshire and along the south coast. The island's position made it ideal — defensible from a naval force, with access to food and fresh water, and a short sea crossing to either Hampshire or Normandy. The 998 raid is one of several recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle that used Wight as a springboard.
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