Finding the Battle of Brunanburh: Was This Definitive Battle of 973 Located at Bromborough in the Wirral?

This illustrated talk by the authors of a new book will outline the case for Bromborough as the location of the ‘great war’, as it was known, of 937. King Athelstan of Wessex defeated a coalition of Irish, Norse, Scots and Cumbrians in a massive and deadly conflict. Many places have been suggested as the site of the battle. In this talk, the evidence from literature, history, geography and archaeology will be presented to show that it very likely happened on Wirral.