Battle of Ringmere 1010
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
About the battle
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.
The Anglo-Saxon chronicle records that the English were routed by the flight of Thurcytel "Mare's head", and only the men of Cambridgeshire stood to fight.
John of Worcester records that the Danes defeated the English. Over a three-month period the Danes wasted East Anglia, burning Thetford and Cambridge.
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