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Early Medieval

Norse-Pictish Confrontation at Dunrobin c.870

870
Sutherland, Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Sutherland, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Pictish Caithness population
Forces
Pictish Caithness c.300–800.
VS
Victor
Norse
Forces
Norse raiders c.200–500
Outcome
Norse raiders penetrated deep into Sutherland and Caithness displacing Pictish inhabitants
The Battle

History & Significance

Began the Scandinavianisation of Caithness and Sutherland; Caithness name derives from Norse

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Norse-Pictish Confrontation at Dunrobin c.870

Dunrobin Wood,broch 600m NW of,Dunrobin Mains
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.4 miles
Rhives, chambered cairn 320m NNE of
Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~0.9 miles
Backies, broch 300m N of Whitestone Croft
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1 miles
Carn Liath,broch 6400m ENE of Golspie
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.7 miles
Uppat, homestead 800m SSE of
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 miles
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