Reconstruction illustration showing a conjectural view of the gatehouse of the late Romano-British hillfort at Old Sarum in about 552 AD. In the foreground, Cynric the Saxon is shown defeating a post-Roman British soldier.

Date:: 2003 - 2004

Location:: Old Sarum, Salisbury, Old Sarum, Wiltshire

Reference:: IC074/014

Type:: Reconstruction Artwork

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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in the year 552, 'Cynric fought against the Britons at a place called Searobyrg, and put the Britons to flight'. Searobyrg was the Anglo-Saxon name for Old Sarum. The illustration is one of a set created in about 2004, and may have been included in an exhibition at the site in 2004.

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This is part of the Volume: IC074 Old Sarum, Wiltshire; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Reconstruction illustration showing a conjectural view of the gatehouse of the late Romano-British hillfort at Old Sarum in about 552 AD. In the foreground, Cynric the Saxon is shown defeating a post-Roman British soldier.

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