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Battle of Strathcarron
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Constantine's forces defeated the Vikings. Constantine, King of the Scots, was defeated at Scone in 904. He fought back and won a significant victory in the Battle of Strathearn. The Vikings were virtually annihilated and their leader King Ivarr ll was killed in the battle.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/articles/constantine_ii/
"In 902 AD, the Vikings, under Ivar the Younger of Dublin, (? Ímar (Ivar)?) returned to seize Dunkeld, where St Columba's relics were kept, and the rich farmlands around the River Tay. Constantine caught up with Ivar at Strathcarron in 904 AD, and, in a bitter struggle, Ivar and his Viking army were massacred."
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Date:
904/5
Location:
Strathearn, Perthshire
Result
Scotland
Belligerents
Scotland
- Strength
- Commanders and leaders
- Constantine II, King of the Scots mac Áeda, Rí na h'Alba
- Casualties and losses
- Captives
The Vikings
- Strength
- Commanders and leaders
- Casualties and losses
- Captives
Causes
"Scotland as a nation arrived on the scene when Kenneth macAlpin emerged as King of Scots when his Dalriata (modern Argyll ) joined with the Pictish kingdom of Fortren in what is now modern Strathearn. It was not a peacefully worked unification as macAlpin had defeated the Picts under Drust near Scone. There was, as well, a threat from over the water in Scandinavia. Attracted by the wealth of the increasingly important religious centre of Dunkeld, the Vikings based in Dublin in Ireland launched an attack on the Picts and Scots in 839 at Forteviot near Perth. It was the first of many Viking victories and after a succession of raids succeeded in capturing Dunkeld. Constantine, King of the Scots, retaliated and although defeated at Scone in 904 fought back and won a significant victory in the Battle of Strathearn the following year. Here the Vikings were virtually annihilated and their leader King Ivarr ll was killed in the battle." from http://perthshirecrieffstrathearnlocalhistor.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/strathearn-and-perthshires-role-in-wars.html''
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References, Sources and Further Reading
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/darkages/features_dark...
- http://www.strathearn.com/ge/line1.htm - Battle not mentioned
- Scotland - The History of a Nation by Magnus Magnusson
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