Talk:Battle of Deorham

The combatant principalities
The combatant nations were as far as is known-


 * Cerin (UK) (Romano-British) - in Cirencester and north eastern Gloucestershire and eastern Gloucestershire. It is not to be confused with the town of Cerin in Slovakia.
 * Badden (Romano-British) - in Bath, Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
 * Glouvia (A.K.A. Glevum) (Romano-British)- Western Gloucester and Northern Gloucestershire.
 * Ergyng (Welsh) - in south west Herefordshire, northern Monmouthshire and the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire.

--86.25.6.126 (talk) 19:20, 18 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Hwicce (West Saxon people) - in most of Gloucestershire outside the Forest of Dean.
 * Wessex (West Saxon people) - in the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, most of Wiltshire, Berkshire and southern Oxfordshire.

--86.25.6.126 (talk) 19:20, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Trouble finding this page
Could someone with more knowledge of Wiki please add a link from the disambiguation page for Derham or Dereham, please? I didn't know the correct spelling Deorham, which made finding this page tricky.Dean1954 (talk) 12:11, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I have added a link to Dereham (disambiguation). Dudley Miles (talk) 10:24, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Proof that the battle took place
While it has long been speculated whether the battle actually took place and where, new potential evidence in the form of metal detecting finds nearby has significantly raised the possibility that it did. The finds include parts of an elaborate and bejewelled early Saxon buckle which must have belonged to someone of great significance, possibly one of the kings killed in the battle. Whether this means that the dead were transported from the battlefield to a nearby burial site or maybe died where they fell in battle may never be known. However, the buckle that was found has been dated to the second half of the 6th century which aligns with the date of the battle. Several other artifacts from the period have also been found. The parts of the buckle found thus far consist of a large silver decorated loop a silver based pin topped with gold fretwork inlaid with garnets and the tail end of the buckle plate which is also of a silver base topped with gold and garnets. Details can be found on the Portable Antiquities database at https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/284936, https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/641070 and https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/437685 2A02:C7C:88E6:3800:4C94:8EA6:F353:E3EE (talk) 10:06, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
 * We need to wait for comment by a reliable source. An editor's interpretation of a PAS record is original research, which is forbidden. Dudley Miles (talk) 11:17, 20 May 2023 (UTC)