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Early Medieval

Viking Raid on Llanbadarn Fawr

988
Cardiganshire, Wales
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Raid
Location
Cardiganshire, Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Welsh (Ceredigion) - the clas (monastic community) of Llanbadarn Fawr
VS
Victor
Vikings / Norse (Danes)
Outcome
The Llanbadarn Fawr monastery was raided and laid waste by Norse raiders as part of a wider wave of Viking attacks on Welsh monastic houses in 988.
The Battle

History & Significance

Viking Raid on Llanbadarn Fawr was an early medieval raid, fought in the area of Cardiganshire, Wales in 988. Vikings / Norse (Danes) prevailed over Welsh (Ceredigion) - the clas (monastic community) of Llanbadarn Fawr. The Llanbadarn Fawr monastery was raided and laid waste by Norse raiders as part of a wider wave of Viking attacks on Welsh monastic houses in 988.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Viking Raid on Llanbadarn Fawr lies on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

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Scheduled Monuments near Viking Raid on Llanbadarn Fawr

Pen Dinas Camp
Pen Dinas Camp
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~1 mi

Pen Dinas Camp is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Wales and protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw under reference CD007. The fort occupies a commanding hilltop position where the underlying bedrock comprises interbedded sandstone and conglomerate of the Llandovery formation, creati…

Llywelyn2000 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Aberystwyth Harbour Defences
Aberystwyth Harbour Defences
Scheduled monument · Post Medieval/Modern · ~1.3 mi

Aberystwyth Harbour Defences is a post-medieval pillbox constructed to protect the harbour and town of Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, Wales. Built during a period of heightened coastal defence requirements, the structure reflects the military engineering practices of its era. The pillbox forms part o…

Ian Capper / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Aberystwyth Castle
Aberystwyth Castle
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.6 mi

Aberystwyth Castle is a medieval fortification constructed in the early thirteenth century on the Ceredigion coast of Wales. The castle was founded by the English during the conquest of Wales, initially built by Gilbert de Clare in 1277 and subsequently developed with stone fortifications includi…

Llywelyn2000 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Round Barrow & Standing Stone 700m W of Plas Gogerddan
Round Barrow & Standing Stone 700m W of Plas Gogerddan
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~2.7 mi

Round Barrow and Standing Stone 700m W of Plas Gogerddan is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales and protected as an ancient monument by Cadw under reference CD259. The barrow lies on bedrock of Llandovery age, comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that would have been exposed…

David Smith / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Castell Gwar-Cwm
Castell Gwar-Cwm
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~3.7 mi

Castell Gwar-Cwm is a medieval motte situated in Ceredigion, Wales, and forms part of the defensive landscape of the region during the Norman period. The monument consists of an earthen mound typical of motte-and-bailey fortifications, a common form of military architecture deployed across Wales…

Nigel Callaghan / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Camp near Garth-Penrhyn-Coch
Camp near Garth-Penrhyn-Coch
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~4.4 mi

Camp near Garth-Penrhyn-Coch is a prehistoric enclosure located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw reference CD027. The site occupies ground underlain by Llandovery rocks, a formation of Ordovician age comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that would have weathered i…

Alan Hughes / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Castle Tan-y-Castell
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~1.1 miles
Old Warren Hill Hillfort
Scheduled monument · Prehistoric · ~1.3 miles
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