After the Danes evacuated Wareham following the treaty and storm that wrecked their fleet, Alfred rebuilt and garrisoned Wareham as a permanent burh controlling the southern Dorset coast. The town became part of the Burghal Hidage network with a garrison calculated from its perimeter. Wareham illustrated Alfred strategy of converting former Danish strongholds into English defensive anchors.
West Saxon royal builders and Dorset fyrd
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