Danish raiders struck Portland again in 840, killing Ealdorman Wulfheard and inflicting another defeat on the Dorset defenders; the repeated successful attacks on Portland in this decade reflect the inability of Wessex to defend its coastline against seaborne assault during the first great wave of Viking activity.
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