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BATTLE OF WODENS BARROW AD 592

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BATTLE OF ADAMS GRAVE, BATTLE OF WODNESBEORH

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The site of the Battle of Woden's Barrow, which is also known as the Battle of Wodnesbeorh and the Battle of Adam's Grave, is located in Alton in Wiltshire. The battle was fought in 592 AD between the West Saxon Ceawlin and a British force. Ceawlin was defeated.

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Two battles are recorded (1) as having been fought at Wodnesbeorh (Woden's barrow) probably the long barrow now called Adam's Grave (see SU 16 SW 24). The first battle in AD 592 ended in a defeat of Ceawlin, the second in AD 715 was fought between Ine and Ceolred. Burne (2) sites this battle-field as being at New Town, where the Ridgeway meets the modern Marlborough road. (1-2)

The site of the Battle of Woden's Barrow, which is also known as the Battle of Wodnesbeorh and the Battle of Adam's Grave, is located in Alton in Wiltshire. The battle was fought in 592 AD between the West Saxon Ceawlin and a British force. Ceawlin was defeated. (3)

The National Grid Reference for the site of the battle is: SU1163 (4)

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( 1) General reference

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 1961 (Ed D Whitelock) Page(s)14

( 2) The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine

(A Burne) 53: 1949-50 Page(s)402-3

(3) Rayner, Michael 2004 English Battlefields: 500 Battlefields that Shaped English History

Page(s)382

(4) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

1:1250, 2008

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Neolithic long barrow, identified with the "Wodnesborge" of a charter of 825 AD. Listed by Grinsell as Alton 14. The mound was excavated by Thurnam in...

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