BattlefieldsPictish Power Centre at Burghead — Norse Assault 866
Early Medieval

Pictish Power Centre at Burghead — Norse Assault 866

866
Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Pictish Burghead garrison
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Norse raiding force
Outcome
Norse victory; Burghead fort destroyed; northern Pictish power collapsed
The Battle

History & Significance

Norse forces attacked and eventually destroyed the great Pictish fort at Burghead on the Moray coast; Burghead was the largest Pictish fort in Scotland and its fall marked the end of Pictish political organisation north of the Mounth

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