Regional1016

Battle of Penselwood

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

United Kingdom

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Penselwood (1016), part of the Danish Conquest of England. Wessex defeated Denmark.

Belligerents2

Wessex
Denmark

Conflict graph

PART OFViking Invasions of England

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Penselwood (1016). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-penselwood-1016 · Sources & methodology