During Alfred's months in the Somerset marshes centred on Athelney (January–May 878), his forces made guerrilla raids against Danish-held territory. The Somerset Chronicle tradition preserves accounts of skirmishes around Langport and the Somerset levels as Alfred gradually gathered support before his assembly at Egbert's Stone. These small actions maintained West Saxon resistance during the darkest period of the Viking wars.
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