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Beowulf links to Isle of Sheppey

Paul Wilkinson wrote a book in 2013 called Beowulf, On the Island of Harty to Kent. In his book, Wilkinson begins by linking the word 'Febresham', taken from the Latin word 'faber', in Beowulf, to link to Faversham, a place in Kent, England. Wilkinson is essentially claiming there is a possibility that some events in Beowulf take place in Faversham, or Harty, in Kent.

Another link Wilkinson mentions is Harty, called Hart Land. He links this by claiming the word 'Harty' comes from 'Hart Land', linking this to 'heorot' in Beowulf. He does this by saying Harty was originally called Herte, therefor being derived from heorot. This links with Beowulf as heorot is the location of Hrothgar's Hall in the tale. Heorot is also referred to by Wilkinson as being the Camelot of the barbarian Dark Ages. Further evidence to support the claim that Beowulf and Harty are linked is derived from the mention in the book of Beowulf defeating Grendel in Hrothgar's Hall on Heorot, further evidenced by the image depicting the fight between the two legendary figures on the wall of Brian's electronics, in Sheerness.

A main character mentioned within Beowulf is Hengest, another possible link Wilkinson draws upon. A possible date for this character would have been AD 440, and his occupation was that of a warrior. He was in Kent due to warfare over territories in Kent and when he reinforced his position it is possible, according to Wilkinson, that other offshore islands such as Sheerness and Harty, were seized and held. Creating another possible link between Beowulf and Kent.

The final point Wilkinson includes in his book is Beowulf's first sighting of Britain mentioned as "sea-cliffs shining, shores steep, broad sea-nesses". Sheerness used to have an optical trick of 'shining' when the sun rays would strike then bare cliffs, therefor creating the link Wilkinson mentions. Also Sheerness still retains it's Saxon name which is 'bright head-land' from Old English scri. There is a poster people can visit in the Wetherspoon's pub in Sheerness that contains this information, further validating Wilkinson's point. --D.j11 (talk) 15:17, 10 May 2017 (UTC)