The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records Ceawlin and Cutha fighting the Britons at Fethanleag (possibly Stoke Lyne in Oxfordshire), where Cutha was killed and Ceawlin took many villages and spoils before returning home in anger. The simultaneous victory and retreat at neighbouring Fagadun reflects the limits of early West Saxon expansion in the late sixth century.
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