A couple of days ago, I headed down to Bratton Camp. I’d been there recently, but unfortunately it was when the UK was covered in a blanket of fog. It was better the 2nd time, but VERY windy, 27 mph (46 gusts). I’m fascinated in history, so been wanting to visit here for a while.
Today I visit Bratton Camp, which dates back 5,000 years, and importantly, where King Alfred the Great defeated Guthred, the Viking warlord and the biggest army Britain had ever seen.
The original Iron Age hillfort defences were built at Bratton Camp over 2000 years ago. These earthworks protected a settlement containing round houses, granaries, stores and workshops. The design and construction showed the effectiveness of the hillfort to its enemies.
The site was excavated in the 18th century. However, three thousand years earlier a Neolithic long barrow existed on this hill, and later excavations in the 19th century uncovered human skeletons and cremations.
The White Horse is visible from afar and is a famous local landscape. Local records suggest that the horse was originally cut in the late 1600s, to commemorate the Battle of Ethandun (now Edington), which took place at Bratton Camp in AD 878.
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