The Battle of Edington or Battle of Ethandun was fought in May 878 between the West Saxon army of King Alfred the Great and the Great Heathen Army led by the Danish warlord Guthrum. The battle took pl
Memorial to the Battle of Ethandun erected in 2000 near the hillfort of Bratton Castle with a plaque
King Alfred's Tower is one supposed site of Egbert's Stone, the mustering place before the battle.
England, after the Battle of Edington and the Treaty of Wedmore, in 886.
The Battle of Chippenham was a January 878 battle between a Viking army led by Guthrum, and an Anglo-Saxon army led by Alfred the Great. The Vikings forced Alfred to flee Chippenham and managed tempor
Two round, wooden shields from Thorsberg moor; dating to the 3rd century CE, they are similar to the shields used by the Anglo-Saxons