NHER 52938 (Monument record) - Possible site of the Battle of Ringmere

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Summary

The site of the Battle of Ringmere between the Danes and the Saxons in AD 1010 is not known, but this is a possible location.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL98NW
Civil Parish ROUDHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish KILVERSTONE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish WRETHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish BRIDGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish CROXTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

August 2009.
The site of the Battle at Hringmaraheior; Old English Hringmere-hūō, Ringmere Heath between the Danes and the Saxons in 1010 is not known. There are two possible sites near Thetford, Ringmere, Wretham, Norfolk and Rymer Point in Suffolk, which is called Ringmere in early sources. Ringmere in Norfolk sits at the junction of the five parishes of Croxton, Wretham, Kilverstone, Bridgham and Roudham and Larling.
D. Gurney (NLA), 12 August 2009.

It has been suggested that another possible site of the battle may be Ringmer in Sussex [1].
P. Watkins (HES), 13 June 2023.

  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 98 NW 7.

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Record last edited

Jun 13 2023 4:51PM

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