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{{Campaignbox Anglo-Saxon invasions}}{{Campaignbox Viking invasions of England|state=collapsed}}File:Southern British Isles 9th century.svg|thumb|A map of Britain during the middle of the 9th century, including a map of the location of the Anglo Saxon battle with Danes at Hingston Down, and its predecessor the battle of Carhampton ]]The Battle of Hingston Down took place in 838, probably at Hingston Down in Cornwall between a combined force of Cornish and Vikings on the one side, and West Saxons led by Ecgberht, King of Wessex on the other. The result was a West Saxon victory.Charles-Edwards, p. 92 According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which called the Cornish the West Welsh: Most historians of the period identify the site of the battle as Hingston Down north-east of Callington in Cornwall,Charles-Edwards, p. 431; Hadley, p. 200; Stenton, p. 235 but others argue for Hingston Down near Moretonhampstead, Devon.BOOK, Fletcher, John, The Western Kingdom, 2022, The History Press, Cheltenham, 9781803990002, 88–90, WEB, Weatherhill, Craig, Where was Hengestdun?,weblink Cornish World Magazine, 5 August 2022,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130117212757weblink">weblink 17 January 2013, WEB, Fletcher, John, Vikings and Settlers in Cornwall,weblink Projekt Forlg, 14 November 2023,weblink 21 April 2023, The British kingdom of Dumnonia, which covered Devon and Cornwall, survived into the early eighth century, when eastern Devon was conquered by Wessex. Conflict continued throughout the 8th century with Wessex pushing further west. In 815 King Egbert raided Cornwall 'from east to West' which, given later battles at Gafulford and Hingston Down probably indicates the conquest of the remaining parts of West Devon.This was the last recorded battle between the Cornish and the West Saxons and ended roughly a century of warfare that began at the Battle of Llongborth in 710 (see Geraint of Dumnonia). The last known king of Cornwall, Dungarth, died in 875, but he is thought to have been an under-king subject to Wessex.Charles-Edwards, pp. 428-31; Padel, "Cornwall"; Davies, p. 342; Stenton, p. 235

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