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Aethelwold Revolt and Seizure of Wimborne 899

Q: When did Aethelwold Revolt and Seizure of Wimborne 899 take place?

Aethelwold Revolt and Seizure of Wimborne 899 took place in 899, in Dorset, England. Aethelwold seized and held Wimborne and Christchurch, refused battle with Edward's army at Badbury, then fled by night to the Northumbrian Danes, who accepted him as king; the revolt continued until Aethelwold was killed at the Battle of the Holme in December 902.

899

Dorset, England

Era

Early Medieval

Battle Type

Siege

Location

Dorset, England

Status

Unregistered

The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated

Edward the Elder

Victor

Aethelwold (initially, in that he held Wimborne and evaded confrontation)

Outcome

Aethelwold seized and held Wimborne and Christchurch, refused battle with Edward's army at Badbury, then fled by night to the Northumbrian Danes, who accepted him as king; the revolt continued until Aethelwold was killed at the Battle of the Holme in December 902.

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History & Significance

Aethelwold Revolt and Seizure of Wimborne 899 was an early medieval siege, the investment of a fortified position, fought at Dorset, England in 899. Aethelwold (initially, in that he held Wimborne and evaded confrontation) prevailed over Edward the Elder. Aethelwold seized and held Wimborne and Christchurch, refused battle with Edward's army at Badbury, then fled by night to the Northumbrian Danes, who accepted him as king; the revolt continued until Aethelwold was killed at the Battle of the Holme in December 902.

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The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Aethelwold Revolt and Seizure of Wimborne 899 lies on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

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Scheduled Monuments near Aethelwold Revolt and Seizure of Wimborne 899

Two sections of Roman road on Barrow Hill and Corfe Hills

Scheduled monument · ~1.8 mi

Two sections of Roman road on Barrow Hill and Corfe Hills is a scheduled ancient monument comprising visible remains of a Roman road in Dorset. The monument consists of two separate sections of metalled roadway that preserve evidence of Roman engineering and construction techniques, with the char…

User:TJC / CC BY-SA 2.5 / Wikimedia Commons

Badbury Rings

Scheduled monument · ~3.5 mi

Badbury Rings is a hillfort of Iron Age date located near Wimborne in Dorset. The monument comprises three concentric ramparts with external ditches, enclosing an approximately circular interior space of some three hectares, and represents a substantial defensive work typical of later prehistoric…

Simaron / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Bull Barrow on Holt Heath

Scheduled monument · ~4.1 mi

Bull Barrow on Holt Heath is a Bronze Age round barrow located in Dorset, England. The monument forms part of the extensive barrow cemetery that characterises the Holt Heath landscape, an area rich in prehistoric burial monuments dating primarily to the second millennium BCE. The barrow survives…

Lorraine and Keith Bowdler / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Dudsbury camp

Scheduled monument · ~4.2 mi

Dudsbury camp is a univallate hillfort located near Wimborne in Dorset, England. The site comprises a roughly circular enclosure defended by a single substantial bank and ditch, typical of Iron Age fortifications in the region. Pottery and artefactual evidence indicates occupation during the Iron…

Mike Smith / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Parley Barrow, a bowl barrow on the corner of Ellesfield Drive and Druid's Close

Scheduled monument · ~4.2 mi

Parley Barrow is a bowl barrow located at the corner of Ellesfield Drive and Druid's Close in Dorset, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a typical example of the funerary monuments constructed during this period across southern England. Bowl barrows of this type characte…

Lorraine and Keith Bowdler / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Bowl barrow on Summerlug Hill 250m south of Mannington Farm

Scheduled monument · ~4.6 mi

Bowl barrow on Summerlug Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located near Mannington Farm in Dorset. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthwork mound with a bowl-shaped profile, a characteristic form of funerary monument dating to the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained cr…

Lorraine and Keith Bowdler / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

The Leaze medieval site

Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles

Mound on The Leaze

Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles

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