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The Battle of Ashdown was a West Saxon victory over a Danish Viking army on about 8 January 871. The location of Ashdown is not known, but may be Kingstanding Hill in Berkshire. Other writers place the battle near Starveall, a short distance north of the village of Aldworth and south east of Lowbury Hill.
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870s conflicts | historic=battlefield |
Battles involving Denmark | historic=battlefield |
Battles involving Wessex | historic=battlefield |