The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records a battle fought in the year 592 at Woden's Burg, the Neolithic long barrow now known as Adam's Grave, near Marlborough, Wiltshire.
The year entry states:Her micel wælfill wæs æt Woddes beorge, 7 Ceawlin wæs ut adrifen.
(There was great slaughter at Woden's hill, and Ceawlin was driven out.)
