Regional871 CE

Battle of Wilton

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United Kingdom

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Wilton (871), part of the Viking Wars in Britain. Denmark defeated Wessex.

Belligerents2

Denmark
Wessex

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 Wilton (871 CE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-wilton · Sources & methodology