Brunanburh

The authors follow the text of Egil's saga written in Iceland in the thirteenth century to locate the battle field of Brunanburh. A great battle that meant so much for the history of English isles but have not yet been located. The saga is based on poems by Egill made at the time of the battle.The saga is based on poems by Egil as he claimed to have been a participant in the battle of Brunanburh and there he lost his brother Thorolf. In his poem he uses the name Vínu as the name for...
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The authors follow the text of Egil's saga written in Iceland in the thirteenth century to locate the battle field of Brunanburh. A great battle that meant so much for the history of English isles but have not yet been located. The saga is based on poems by Egill made at the time of the battle.The saga is based on poems by Egil as he claimed to have been a participant in the battle of Brunanburh and there he lost his brother Thorolf. In his poem he uses the name Vínu as the name for the place and we hope that name will help locate the battlefield.Using the name and description in the saga we want to come forward with our idea that the battle field is near Vinovia on the Roman Road, Dere street, in the county of Durham. And the battle was fought in a field close to and north of Hunwick.In his Poem he refer to Vinu/Vina as the place where Egill buries his brother Thorolf, who died in the battle. We assume it to be the Roman fort of Vinovia.In the saga we have description of a field big enough with river on the east side and wood on the west side. Sloping area on the north side where the Scots and their allies did camp and sloped hill on the south side where the king's men camped. All this can be found on a location right north of Hunwick, which is only one kilometer northwest from the bridge over the river Wear from Vinovia. The saga tells of two towns in intermediate distance and we assume Durham to be the one in the north and Darlington in the south.We hope that there are some evidences in museums and libraries that can shed further light on the matter and would appeal to the professions of sociological nature to investigate in view of our theory, that the battle of Brunanburth was fought in a field north of Hunwick in the county of Durham.We assume that this text should be interesting and important for many professions and the British society. There has never been made a serious attempt to search for the site for the battle by using Egil's saga as a reference point.We both hope that the readers can take interest in this eventful and significant battle that was fought nearly eleven hundred years ago.