- Dingesmere
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Coordinates: 53°19′26″N 3°08′10″W / 53.324°N 3.136°W
Dingesmere is a place known only from the Old English poem[1] of the Battle of Brunanburh. The name is found in versions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle from the year 937.
The location has been cited as being situated on the Dee Estuary at Heswall, Wirral.[2] Another possible location is Lingham, on the Irish Sea coastline of Wirral at Moreton.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "The Battle of Brunanburh". http://loki.stockton.edu/~kinsellt/litresources/brun/brun2.html. Retrieved 12 July 2008.
- ^ "Revisiting Dingesmere". University of Nottingham. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve/JEPNS_paper.PDF. Retrieved 26 June 2007.
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