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Early Medieval

Battle of Posentesburh

661
Somerset, England
Also known as: West Saxon advance 661
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Somerset, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Britons of Dumnonia
Forces
c. 1,000–2,500 Dumnonian Britons
VS
Victor
West Saxons (Cenwalh)
Forces
c. 1,500–3,000 West Saxons
Outcome
Further West Saxon penetration into Somerset
The Battle

History & Significance

A further West Saxon victory extending Wessex control into deeper Somerset, pushing the Britons westward.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Posentesburh

Timber trackways at Moor Drove, 800m east of Brentsfield Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 miles
Burrow Mump: a motte castle, later chapel and associated earthworks
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 miles
Prehistoric timber trackways, 670m SSE of Parchey Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 miles
Anglo-Saxon occupation site and site of Athelney Abbey on Athelney Hill
Scheduled monument · ~3.3 miles
Balt Moor Wall
Scheduled monument · ~3.5 miles
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