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(07-18-2021, 06:02 PM)John W Davison Wrote: Anglo-Saxon and Viking-era enthusiasts might be interested in the attached story appearing in the UK Guardian newspaper this week - our oldest domestic residence found so far apparently, but being touted as the location of the "house arrest" for deposed ex-King Eardwulf of Northumbria (although I am struggling to see how this can be evidenced):
Derbyshire cave house identified as ninth-century home to exiled king | Archaeology | The Guardian
John
I dont think it can, the dates for Eardwulf's death seems to be a matter of guesswork, whats certain is he is mentioned twice (that I could see) in The anglo-Saxon chronicle for the years 795(6) where he gains the throne and 806 when he was " driven from his kingdom"...
Not a good time to be king in Northhumbria I think...
Source: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle G.N.Garmonsway (1953).
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
