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Early Medieval

Malcolm II Campaigns to Secure Lothian 1006-1018

1006
Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Campaign
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Uhtred of Bamburgh / the Northumbrians (English)
VS
Victor
Malcolm II of Scotland (with Owen the Bald of Strathclyde)
Outcome
After an initial Scottish defeat near Durham in 1006, Malcolm II, allied with Owen the Bald of Strathclyde, defeated the Northumbrians under Uhtred (or his brother Eadwulf Cudel) at the Battle of Carham, generally dated 1018. Scottish historians since the 19th century have linked this victory to Malcolm's consolidation of control over Lothian, though some modern scholars debate whether Carham caused or merely reflected an existing territorial shift (with Lothian possibly already granted to Kenneth II by Edgar the Peaceful in 973).
The Battle

History & Significance

Malcolm II Campaigns to Secure Lothian 1006-1018 was an early medieval campaign, fought in Scotland in 1006. Malcolm II of Scotland (with Owen the Bald of Strathclyde) prevailed over Uhtred of Bamburgh / the Northumbrians (English). After an initial Scottish defeat near Durham in 1006, Malcolm II, allied with Owen the Bald of Strathclyde, defeated the Northumbrians under Uhtred (or his brother Eadwulf Cudel) at the Battle of Carham, generally dated 1018. Scottish historians since the 19th century have linked this victory to Malcolm's consolidation of control over Lothian, though some modern scholars debate whether Carham caused or merely reflected an existing territorial shift (with Lothian possibly already granted to Kenneth II by Edgar the Peaceful in 973).

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Malcolm II Campaigns to Secure Lothian 1006-1018 lies on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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Scheduled Monuments near Malcolm II Campaigns to Secure Lothian 1006-1018

Frostineb,enclosure 600m E of
Frostineb,enclosure 600m E of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.3 mi

Frostineb enclosure, 600 metres east of the settlement, is a post-medieval enclosure located in Midlothian, Scotland. The monument occupies land underlain by the Stratheden Group, a Late Devonian sequence of sandstone and conglomerate beds interspersed with finer sediments. This durable bedrock,…

Hope,enclosure 300m SSE of
Hope,enclosure 300m SSE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~1.8 mi

Hope enclosure is a post-medieval enclosure located 300 metres south-south-east of Hope in Midlothian, Scotland. The monument sits on bedrock belonging to the Strathclyde Group, sedimentary rocks of Visean age that underlie much of the central Lowlands. This geology would have provided a foundati…

Falla Luggie Tower,towerhouse
Falla Luggie Tower,towerhouse
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 mi

Falla Luggie Tower is a towerhouse located in Midlothian, Scotland. The structure stands on bedrock of the Portpatrick and Glenwhargen Formations, undifferentiated wacke deposits laid down during the Caradocian period of the Ordovician. This hard, ancient stone provided a stable foundation for th…

Soutra Aisle, part of site of medieval hospital
Soutra Aisle, part of site of medieval hospital
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.5 mi

Soutra Aisle is a Medieval part of the site of a medieval hospital located in East Lothian, Scotland. The aisle represents remains of what was once a significant charitable institution, likely founded in the twelfth or thirteenth century to serve travellers and the infirm along important routes i…

Jimmydenham / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Soutra Aisle, burial aisle and part of site of medieval hospital
Soutra Aisle, burial aisle and part of site of medieval hospital
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.6 mi

Soutra Aisle is a medieval burial aisle and part of the site of a medieval hospital located in East Lothian, Scotland. The aisle dates from the medieval period and represents the remains of what was once a significant charitable institution serving the local population. The surviving stonework of…

Jimmydenham / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Preston Mains,enclosure
Preston Mains,enclosure
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.7 mi

Preston Mains is a post-medieval enclosure located in Midlothian, Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, Westphalian sedimentary rocks that underlie much of this region. These ancient rock strata, deposited in a former basin during the Carboniferous period, form the ge…

Upper Keith, ring ditch 1000m NNW of
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
Costerton,fort 800m E of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~0.8 miles
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