| ID: | SDV358035 |
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| Title: | The Defeat of the Sons of Harold in 1069 |
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| Originator: | Arnold, N. |
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| Summary: | In June 1069 two sons of the slain King Harold raided Devon with a fleet of at least sixty-four ships. The raid ended in complete defeat. In the course of two battles fought in a single day, the raiders lost most of their army. Conflicting locations for these events offered by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Orderic Vitalis have hampered any reconstruction of the raid or an appreciation of its significance. However close study of the sources and the estuary of the Taw and Torridge suggests that Northam in north Devon was the most likely battlefield. |
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Associated Monuments (1)
| MDV11743 | Bloody Corner, Northam (Monument) |
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