Penselwood on the Somerset-Dorset-Wiltshire border was a strategically critical area where the ancient forest of Selwood met the downland. Multiple battles were fought in this area as Wessex pushed its frontier westward. The area later marked the boundary between Alfred's Wessex and Mercia, and Selwood Forest was the refuge Alfred used in 878 before his counter-attack.
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