Stumbled across an old article on the BBC yesterday...

... during a break in studying. Apparently a couple years ago some British scientists determined with substantial certainty the location of the Battle of Brunanburh, a tenth century battle that is considered the creation of "Englishness," i.e., when the Anglo-Saxons were first united under one king against a Viking invasion. It was apparently the bloodiest battle ever to occur in the British Isles. The location? A golf course in some town called Bebington. Here's the line I love:

"The Chronicle recounts how the English advanced and began pursuing the invaders up what is now the fairway of the par 4 11th hole at Brackenwood Road golf course."

The article is old, but interesting and worth a read.