What the records say
- When
- 1010
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 52.82° N, 1.35° E
- Description
- 1010 battle
Battle of Ringmere
1010 Danish victory in England
The Battle of Ringmere was fought on 5 May 1010 between an East Anglian contingent led by Ulfcytel and a Danish army under Thorkell the Tall. Norse sagas recorded a battle at Hringmaraheiðr; Old English Hringmere-hǣð, modern name Ringmere Heath.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Danois battent les Anglais divisés à la bataille de Ringmere, dans le Norfolk”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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