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Early Medieval

Scottish Raid on Northumbria (949)

949
Northumberland, England
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Raid
Location
Northumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Northumbria
VS
Victor
Scotland (Malcolm I)
Outcome
Malcolm I raided Northumbria as far south as the River Tees, seizing a multitude of people and many herds of cattle; no pitched battle is recorded, only a plundering raid.
The Battle

History & Significance

Scottish Raid on Northumbria (949) was an early medieval raid, fought in the area of Northumberland, England in 949. The victor was Scotland (Malcolm I). Malcolm I raided Northumbria as far south as the River Tees, seizing a multitude of people and many herds of cattle; no pitched battle is recorded, only a plundering raid.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Scottish Raid on Northumbria (949) lies on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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Scheduled Monuments near Scottish Raid on Northumbria (949)

Prudhoe Castle tower keep castle
Prudhoe Castle tower keep castle
Scheduled monument · ~2 mi

Prudhoe Castle is a Norman fortress situated on the River Tyne in Northumberland, founded in the late twelfth century by the de Umfraville family as a motte-and-bailey stronghold that was subsequently developed with stone fortifications. The castle's most prominent feature is its substantial ston…

Chris Tweedy / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Welton medieval settlement, open field system and fishponds
Welton medieval settlement, open field system and fishponds
Scheduled monument · ~3.6 mi

Welton medieval settlement is a scheduled ancient monument in Northumberland comprising the earthwork remains of a deserted medieval village alongside associated open field systems and fishponds. The site preserves evidence of settlement patterns and agricultural organisation typical of the medie…

Andrew Curtis / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Welton tower house
Welton tower house
Scheduled monument · ~3.7 mi

Welton tower house is a fourteenth-century fortified structure located in Northumberland. The tower represents the type of defensive residential architecture characteristic of the Anglo-Scottish border region during the medieval period, when such fortified dwellings provided protection for their…

Andrew Curtis / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Romano-British farmstead, 900m north east of Thornborough High Barns
Romano-British farmstead, 900m north east of Thornborough High Barns
Scheduled monument · ~3.8 mi

The Romano-British farmstead located 900 metres north-east of Thornborough High Barns is a scheduled ancient monument in Northumberland representing settlement activity during the Roman occupation of Britain. The site comprises archaeological remains of a Romano-British agricultural establishment…

Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station
Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station
Scheduled monument · ~4.5 mi

Ebchester, known in antiquity as Vindomora, is a Roman auxiliary fort situated in County Durham in the north of England. Constructed in the second century AD as part of the defensive infrastructure of Roman Britain, the fort served as a garrison for auxiliary troops guarding the Stanegate, the mi…

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Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings
Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings
Scheduled monument · ~4.9 mi

Aydon Castle is a fortified manor house situated near Corbridge in Northumberland, dating from the late thirteenth century. The castle comprises a substantial stone hall block with defensive features characteristic of the borderland fortified houses of medieval England, constructed during a perio…

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Bywell Castle gate tower
Scheduled monument · ~1 miles
Romano-British settlement, 490m SSE of Apperley Dene
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 miles
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