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    Brunanburh, 937 ⚔ Forgotten battle that made England



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    🚩 In the early 10th century, Britain was divided. Several Kings and Earls vied for land and power. King Athelstan brought together the Anglo-Saxons against a newly formed Celtic/Norse army. A defeat for Athelstan would cause the fledgling Kingdom of England to disintegrate. A victory, would ensure its survival.

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    6. SFreud on

      England today is facing a lack of direction based on these politicians your rubes keep voting in!
      They also are not England anymore since you chose to let your borders open and now what is England, and the past?
      This is not about immigration but instead about the current fiasco England is in with crime and the majority. Too bad that you could not secure your identity and now it's too late.

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    20. Aristomenes on

      Yeah.. Investment crisis is modern England's existential threat; not the millions of third world invaders taking over. Your ancestors must be so proud..

    21. Clown of the times on

      Walton Spire, Nelson, Lancashire

      May 1, 2012 by sunbright57

      Walton Spire, Lancashire

      Walton Spire, Lancashire

      SD8941 3732. Standing on a flat plateau of land overlooking the valley between Colne and Nelson where flows Pendle Water and the Calder some 2 miles north-east of Nelson, is the 27 foot-high monument called ‘Walton Spire’, also known as Walton’s Monument and The Nelson Cross. In 1830 an ornate stone spire with a four-armed cross that has inscriptions carved onto it was placed upon a ‘Dark Age’ stone menhir (marker stone) or pillar with a 7 foot circumference by Mr R.T.Wroe Walton of nearby Marsden Hall, Nelson, now called Marsden Park.

      The inscription on the arms of the spire recall: REG: CIRINDICA. AD 1835 STR: FEC: R.T. WROE WALTON HA COL AG: SHELL which may be translated as ‘ R.T. Wroe Walton had this monument made in the year of Our Lord 1835 and erected at Shelfield’.

      According to legend, the ancient menhir was set up to commemorate the ‘battle of Brunanburh’ which was fought close by in 937 AD. The battle was between King Athelstan of England and a ragtag army of Northumbrians, Scots, Vikings and Welshmen led by Anlaf the chieftain, from the north-east. Sadly, Mr Wroe Walton damaged the menhir by having it carved flat with eight sides and then shaped so that his decorative spire would fit nicely on top of the ancient marker stone (this would not be allowed to happen today!).

      The plateau where the spire stands is called Shelfield Hill and is thought by some historians to date back to prehistoric times, perhaps the Iron-Age, but in the 10th century AD the site was chosen so that Saxon warriors could look down upon the valleys at either side and keep a watch for any would-be invaders approaching the area. 200 yards to the northwest stands a curious stone shaped like an anvil. Indeed the stone is locally called ‘The Anvil Stone’, Thor’s Stone or The Druids Altar. Walton Spire stands on an alignment with the Broadfield earthworks, the Anvil Stone and Castercliffe Iron-Age fort and other ancient sites in the Burnley area.

    22. William Anderson on

      The Brunanburh Battlesite is just off the M53, on Wirral, around what is now Storeton Woods. Nearby Red Hill Road said to be so named as it ran red with blood from that Great Slaughter. The Invaders arrived at Parkgate? on the Wirral side of the River Dee, fleeing back after the Battle. The high ground at the top of Storeton Hill overlooks the M53, Clatterbridge, Mount Road, Brackenwood & Red Hill Road, Thousands of artifacts have already been discovered, note 'War Lord' by Bernard Cornwell. Brackenwood Golf Course is currently being Metal Detected as of 2023/4..

    29. Janner on

      Being over taxed to finance immigration and a huge useless civil service which wastes every bloody penny, I'm not surprised no one wants to invest at the moment!

    31. BigMrFirebird on

      Garbage. Any serious Scottish historian would ask, "What's an army of Scots doing on the Wirrall?". Learn some Scottish or more correctly, Alban early medieval history before you answer that one.

    35. Alan Jameson on

      Aethelrud Unrud was not unready, he was uncouncilled, just as chicken pox has nothing to do with poultry, and everything to do with its intense itching.

    36. John Lee on

      I read about this battle in 'Egil,s Saga' which is one of the Icelandic Sagas. In it the main character, Egil Skelgrinson participated on the battle while in the service of Aethelstan the Faithful as he was called in the story. It gives a decent account although King Olaf is misidentified as the King of Scotland.

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