The great Scottish invasion of 1138 under David I saw raiding columns pass through Redesdale — the valley of the upper Rede — committing atrocities that were recorded with horror by English chroniclers. The Galwegian troops in particular were noted for extreme brutality toward the civilian population. Reports of women and children being killed on spear points shocked contemporaries and contributed to the image of the Scots as barbaric in southern English writing.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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