Siege of Durham Castle 1069 was a medieval siege, the investment of a fortified position, fought at Durham, England in 1069. Northumbrian rebels prevailed over Norman garrison under Robert de Comines. Rebels broke into Durham, killed Robert de Comines and most of his garrison, and burned the house in which he had taken shelter; the attack provoked William the Conqueror's subsequent Harrying of the North.
The site of Siege of Durham Castle 1069 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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