Asser records that after the muster at Egbert Stone, Alfred marched one day to Egbert Stone and then the next day to Iglea (usually identified as Iley Oak near Warminster), where he camped before the battle at Edington. This intermediate camp was a tactical preparation, allowing the army to rest before the decisive engagement. The Chronicle records these stages in unusual detail for a 9th-century battle, suggesting the sources were drawing on eyewitness accounts.
West Saxon fyrd under Alfred
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