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Did the Vikings invade Scotland?

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Scotland is full of dangerous natives who speak an incomprehensible language and the is weather awful. That was the verdict of a series of 13th century Viking travel guides that warned voyagers to visit at their peril. read more

In pictures: Scotland's best islands. The Norse Viking age peaked between the 9th and 12th centuries, when Scandinavian seafarers conquered new lands, settling Orkney, Shetland, Iceland and Greenland, and establishing colonies in Scotland, England, Ireland, France, North America and Russia. read more

Vikings didn’t just invade Scotland; they ruled portions of it at one time. The Norse ruled Caithness and Sutherland—as I saw myself on a bus ride from Thurso to Inverness, the place names are Norse for most of the way. read more

The Vikings did not come as friends in the first place: "When the first arrived in Scotland at the end of the 8th century, the Vikings were only interested in conquest and plunder. In 794, they first attacked Iona, the heart of the Celtic Church, and returned on successive years to loot and pillage. read more

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