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A map of the area in Somerset and Wiltshire, England, at the time of Alfred the Great (AD 847-899), showing the place of his retreat from the Danes (Isle of Atheleny), the battlefield where he defeated the Vikings under Guthrum in AD 878 (Ethandune, or Edington), and Wedmore, where Guthrum was baptized and accepted Alfred's treaty ending the conflict and sending the Vikings back to East Anglia.
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