Display Board - entrance to fourth alcove
Date Added: 02 September 2021
Year: 2021
Institution Name: dnhhl
Cat No: ◀ | 2021_003_013 | ▶
Picture No: 14629
The first Vikings to settle in south-east Sutherland came from Norway and probably arrived in the area c.850 AD by way of Orkney and Caithness. The creation of the Earldom of Orkney by King Harald Harfagri of Norway led to increased Viking activity in Sutherland (the ‘Southern land’ of the Earldom of Orkney) as the new earls sought to consolidate their hold on the northern mainland of Scotland.
From the time of the arrival of the Vikings in the middle of the 9th century through to the building of Dornoch Cathedral during the 1220s, south-east Sutherland was the site of numerous raids and skirmishes between the local Pictish tribes and the Norsemen.
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