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Following on from the previous blog in which I gave a summary of the Viking settlement on the Wirral, we spoke with author and historian Stephen Harding for his expertise on the subject below. If you are interested in learning more, he has written a number of excellent books on the subject including Ingimund's Saga which you an view here
We all know the stories of King Alfred of Wessex fighting off the “Great Heathen Army” and of the Vikings as raiders in Britain. Although a lot has been written about the general history of the formation of Angle-Land under its West Saxon king, the deeds of Alfred were only the start of the fight rather than the great victory that we are taught about in schools. In fact, the “Vikings” still occupied much of Northumbria and Mercia at the time of Alfred’s death...
You may remember that towards the end of last year we held a competition for anyone buying the Mari Lywd Enamel Pin where the winners would get to attend our Winter Solstice party. A few lucky individuals attended our event in the darkest hours of December, somewhere in Wales, where we sang ancient songs in an atmospheric cave lit only by firelight.
As promised, we are going to share some of the footage taken from that evening for you now.
