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Early Medieval

Viking settlement of Deira (Halfdan's land-share)

876
East Yorkshire, England
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
occupation
Location
East Yorkshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Victor
Halfdan
Outcome
Halfdan shared out the conquered lands of Northumbria among his army, who began to plough and support themselves, founding permanent Viking agrarian settlement in Deira (Yorkshire).
The Battle

History & Significance

Viking settlement of Deira (Halfdan's land-share) was an early medieval occupation, fought in the area of East Yorkshire, England in 876. The victor was Halfdan. Halfdan shared out the conquered lands of Northumbria among his army, who began to plough and support themselves, founding permanent Viking agrarian settlement in Deira (Yorkshire).

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Viking settlement of Deira (Halfdan's land-share) lies on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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Scheduled Monuments near Viking settlement of Deira (Halfdan's land-share)

Motte and bailey castle, fishpond and moated site north and east of Aughton church
Motte and bailey castle, fishpond and moated site north and east of Aughton church
Scheduled monument · ~6.8 mi

Motte and bailey castle, fishpond and moated site north and east of Aughton church is a twelfth-century defensive settlement located in the parish of Aughton in Yorkshire. The site comprises a motte, or raised earthwork, accompanied by a bailey, the characteristic fortified enclosure typical of N…

Jonathan Thacker / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Sections of single and multiple linear boundary dykes on Huggate Pasture and Frendal Dale
Sections of single and multiple linear boundary dykes on Huggate Pasture and Frendal Dale
Scheduled monument · ~7.4 mi

Sections of single and multiple linear boundary dykes on Huggate Pasture and Frendal Dale is a complex of prehistoric earthwork boundaries located in the Yorkshire Wolds. The monument comprises multiple linear dykes, some occurring singly whilst others run in parallel formations, characteristic o…

Tim Heaton / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Round barrow, north east of Greenwick Lodge
Round barrow, north east of Greenwick Lodge
Scheduled monument · ~7.7 mi

Round barrow, north east of Greenwick Lodge is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Yorkshire. The monument survives as an earthwork mound characteristic of burial practices employed during the Bronze Age period, when such barrows served as communal or individual sepulchral monuments across the…

Rectilinear enclosures
Scheduled monument · ~2.9 miles
Ousethorpe medieval settlement, moat and mill 310m south of Ousethorpe Farm
Scheduled monument · ~3.8 miles
Cleaving Hall moated site
Scheduled monument · ~3.9 miles
Park Closes moated lodge, 130m south west of Park Farm
Scheduled monument · ~4.2 miles
Bolton Old Hall moated site
Scheduled monument · ~4.2 miles
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