What the records say
- When
- 720
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.90° N, 2.80° W
- Description
- 720 obscure battle fought either in southern Wales or Herefordshire
Battle of Pencon
Obscure battle fought in southern Wales
The Battle of Pencon or Pencoed was a battle won by the Britons, possibly against the Mercians or against themselves, around the year 720.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batallas de Pencon, Hehil y Garth Maelog, entre los britanos y los anglosajones”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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