BattlefieldsHalfdan Ravages the Tyne and Wear 875
Early Medieval

Halfdan Ravages the Tyne and Wear 875

875
Northumberland, England
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Raid
Location
Northumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Northumbrian Anglian population
VS
Victor
Halfdan (Great Heathen Army / Danes)
Outcome
Tyneside devastated; Hexham Church and Tynemouth monastery plundered and burnt; Northumbrian population subjugated; Halfdan's forces overwintered by the Tyne before the 876 division of Northumbrian land among Danish settlers.
The Battle

History & Significance

Halfdan Ravages the Tyne and Wear 875 was an early medieval raid, fought in the area of Northumberland, England in 875. Halfdan (Great Heathen Army / Danes) prevailed over Northumbrian Anglian population. Tyneside devastated; Hexham Church and Tynemouth monastery plundered and burnt; Northumbrian population subjugated; Halfdan's forces overwintered by the Tyne before the 876 division of Northumbrian land among Danish settlers.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Halfdan Ravages the Tyne and Wear 875 lies on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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Scheduled Monuments near Halfdan Ravages the Tyne and Wear 875

Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Sallyport or Wall Knoll Tower
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Sallyport or Wall Knoll Tower
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 mi

Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Sallyport or Wall Knoll Tower is a surviving fragment of Newcastle's medieval town wall, a defensive structure that originally enclosed the settlement in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The curtain wall section incorpor…

Roger Smith / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall containing Corner Tower
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall containing Corner Tower
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 mi

Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall containing Corner Tower is a surviving segment of the medieval fortifications that encircled Newcastle's town centre. The wall, which dates from the late medieval period, represents part of the defensive circuit constructed to protect the…

AlixChaytor / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle Swing Bridge
Newcastle Swing Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 mi

Newcastle Swing Bridge is a Victorian-era swing bridge crossing the River Tyne at Newcastle upon Tyne, designed by William Armstrong and completed in 1876. The bridge features a distinctive wrought-iron swing span that pivots to allow passage of river traffic, representing an important example of…

Tagishsimon (talk) (Uploads) / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Old Tyne Bridge (land arches)
Old Tyne Bridge (land arches)
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 mi

Old Tyne Bridge is a medieval bridge crossing the River Tyne at Corbridge in Northumberland, dating from the 12th or 13th century. The surviving remains consist of two substantial stone arches that demonstrate the engineering techniques of the period, constructed from dressed stone with pointed a…

Unknown authorUnknown author / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Plummer Tower and a 17th century bastion
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Plummer Tower and a 17th century bastion
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 mi

Newcastle upon Tyne town defences is a section of fortification comprising medieval curtain wall with Plummer Tower and an associated seventeenth-century bastion, situated in Northumberland, England. The curtain wall forms part of the substantial defensive circuit constructed from the twelfth cen…

AlixChaytor / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Roman fort, Anglo-Saxon cemetery, motte and bailey castle and tower keep castle
Roman fort, Anglo-Saxon cemetery, motte and bailey castle and tower keep castle
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 mi

Norham Castle is a medieval fortification situated on a promontory above the River Tweed in Northumberland, commanding the border between England and Scotland. The castle was founded in the late eleventh century by the Bishop of Durham and comprises a substantial stone keep of Norman date togethe…

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Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 4, sections of wall between Crawhall Road and Jubilee Road
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Closegate and Water Tower
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
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