More Bedwyn and Savernake Ancient Landmarks (Pt 4): The Excitement Continues

Continuing my exciting walk around Savernake and Bedwyn, guided by the ancient landmarks in https://langscape.org.uk/descriptions... and the perambulation of Savernake Forest in 1300, and we are not even close to finishing. This time we are examining the Whalesmore (AD1922), Wallesmere (AD1300) and Wælsmære (AD958) pond in Savernake and asking is this a pond of the Valorous Dead?

These history walk videos are about the English landscape in and around the south west of England (though I make the odd foray into Wales). I often use ancient charters (such as Saxon charters) to give me insight into the way the landscape was viewed in the past.

But it is not the Saxons that interest me the most (though they do) but the prehistoric world and its ancient monuments, trackways and ditches.

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