title: The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England: Its Archaeology and Literature
author: Hilda Ellis Davidson
description: Despite now being over fifty years old, it is still a work of great value. WWW.HISTORYOFWAR.ORG
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  ASHBLANE’S LADY
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Sophia
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  MILLS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  & BOON
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Bonny Laird of Ullyot
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Oh, bold border ranger
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Dark vengeance and danger
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Stalk thee relentless
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘Tween Jedburgh and Sark
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  On come the reivers
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  And wily South thievers
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Hail, soldiers of Ashblane
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Fight on till the end
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Chapter One
  
  
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  Heathwater
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Castle, northwest England
  
  
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  30 September, 1358
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘There is a grounde called the Debatable Grounde, lying between the Realme of
  England and Scotland...’
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘Ian!’
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The anguished keening cry of a name travelled on the wind over 