The Battle of Dyrham: The Day Britain Changed

In 577 AD, the Saxon victory at nearby Dyrham severed the western Britons from their kin, reshaping the fate of post-Roman Britain forever. Just a mile or two from Tormarton, the Battle of Dyrham in 577 AD was one of the most consequential engagements of the early medieval period. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that the West Saxon king...