What is recorded here
The Battle of Carham was fought between the English ruler of Bamburgh and the king of Scotland in alliance with the Cumbrians. The encounter took place in the 1010s, most likely 1018 (or perhaps 1016), at Carham on Tweed in what is now Northumberland, England.
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Places near here
Close up, Edward VII postbox on the B6350, CarhamOld post box · 235 yd
Edward VII postbox on the B6350, CarhamOld post box · 235 yd
Carham HallEnclosure · 545 yd
River TweedFindspot, Scabbard (bronze) · 556 yd
Birgham HaughNo Class (event) · 1153 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1377 yd
Birgham WoodForest · 1.2 mi
Mayfield WoodWood · 1.5 mi
Siege of WarkSiege · 1.5 mi
Wark CastleArchaeological place · 1.6 mi
Lord Dunglass ObeliskMemorial · 2.4 mi
Selby's HillMountain / peak · 2.5 miPictures: JThomas, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; James T M Towill, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Barbara Carr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mainlymazza, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Walter Baxter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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