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Dead Man's Plack

In or near Wherwell.

Dead Man's Plack — Monument to Æthelwald, Ealdorman of East Anglia.

Dead Man's Plack

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Dead Man's Plack is a memorial in south east. Established 1825. (Monument to Æthelwald, Ealdorman of East Anglia.) According to Wikipedia: "Dead Man's Plack is a Grade-II listed 19th-century monument to Æthelwold, Ealdorman of East Anglia, who, according to legend, was killed in 963 near the site where it stands by his rival in love, King Edgar I."

Coordinates
51.2012, -1.4275
Established
1825

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