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TheBattle of Hingston Down took place in 838, probably atHingston Down inCornwall between a combined force ofCornish andVikings on the one side, and West Saxons led byEcgberht, King ofWessex on the other. The result was a West Saxon victory.^[1] According to theAnglo-Saxon Chronicle, which called the Cornish the West Welsh:

In this year a great naval force arrived among the West Welsh, and the latter combined with them and proceeded to fight against Ecgberht, king of the West Saxons. When he heard that, he then went hither with his army, and fought against them at Hingston Down, and put both the Welsh and the Danes to flight.^[2]

Most historians of the period identify the site of the battle as Hingston Down north-east ofCallington inCornwall,^[3][4][5] but others argue for Hingston Down nearMoretonhampstead, Devon,^[6][7][8] and Hingston Hill, near toDown Tor on Dartmoor^[9]

The British kingdom ofDumnonia, which coveredDevon 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 815King Egbert raided Cornwall "from east to west" which, given later battles atGafulford 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 (seeGeraint 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.^{[10][11][12][5]}

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• Davies, John Reuben (2013). "Wales and West Britain". In Stafford, Pauline (ed.).A Companion to the Early Middle Ages: Britain and Ireland c. 500 – c. 1100.Wiley-Blackwell.ISBN 978-1-118-42513-8.
• Hadley, Dawn (2013). "Viking Raids and Conquest". In Stafford, Pauline (ed.).A Companion to the Early Middle Ages: Britain and Ireland c. 500–c. 1100.Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 195–211.ISBN 978-1-118-42513-8.
• Padel, Oliver J. (2014). "Cornwall". InLapidge, Michael;Blair, John;Keynes, Simon; Scragg, Donald (eds.).The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England (2nd ed.). Wiley Blackwell.ISBN 978-0-470-65632-7.
• Stenton, Frank (1971).Anglo-Saxon England (3rd ed.).Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.
• Whitelock, Dorothy, ed. (1979) [1st ed. 1955].English Historical Documents. Vol. 1: c. 500–1042 (2nd ed.).Routledge.ISBN 978-0-415-14366-0.

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