A Norse fleet used Milford Haven as a raiding base in 895, the same year the Danes were active in the Thames and Severn areas under Hastein. The deep-water haven provided ideal anchorage and the rich agricultural hinterland of Pembrokeshire offered plunder. Welsh defenders of Deheubarth mounted resistance to Norse inland penetration but could not prevent coastal raiding.
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