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English: In the Tog Hill picnic site The plaque on the side of this toposcope is inscribed

THE BATTLE OF DYRHAM TOOK PLACE NEAR THIS SITE IN 577 AD. TWO SAXONS, CUTHWINE AND CAEWLIN FOUGHT THE BRITONS AND KILLED THREE KINGS, CONMAIL, CONDIDON AND FARINMAIL. SO DOING, THEY TOOK THE CITIES OF BATH, CIRENCESTER AND GLOUCESTER. Erected by Sodbury and District Historical Society http://www.chippingsodbury.org/index.htm

The Britons were eventually driven out by the Saxons and took refuge in Wales. They have been there ever since. According to the Saxons they were a quarrelsome lot, always fighting, and deserved what they got. But remember, it is the victors who write the historical records.
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Author Maurice Pullin
Camera location51° 27′ 11″ N, 2° 23′ 12″ W  Heading=315° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Object location51° 27′ 12″ N, 2° 23′ 15″ W  Heading=315° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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