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    New round in the Hastings battle: English Heritage investigating claims 1066 clash actually took place two miles away from East Sussex site

    It is one of the most famous battles in English history and marks the last time the country was conquered by a foreign army.

    But now the Government’s advisers on England’s heritage are to investigate new evidence that might prove the true location of the Battle of Hastings is two miles from where historians have long accepted it took place.

    English Heritage’s battlefield committee is to look at two competing cases which challenge the long-held belief that the bloody encounter took place on land commemorated by the foundation of Battle Abbey, near Hastings in East Sussex.

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    Are bodies of 10,000 lost warriors from Battle of Hastings buried in this field? Historian believes the 10,000 victims of the Battle of Hastings may be buried in a field one mile north west of the official site at Battle. The site of where the Battle of Hastings has been commemorated for the last 1,000 years is in the wrong place, it has been claimed. Ever since the 1066 battle that led to the Norman Conquest, history has recorded the event as happening at what is now Battle Abbey in the East Sussex town. But although some 10,000 men are believed to have been killed in the historic conflict, no human remains or artefects from the battle have ever been found at the location. This has given rise to several historians to examine alternative sites for the battle that was a decisive victory for William the Conqueror and saw the death of King Harold. Now historian and author John Grehan believes he has finally found the actual location - on a steep hill one mile north west of Battle. Full article here.

    Are bodies of 10,000 lost warriors from Battle of Hastings buried in this field?

    Historian believes the 10,000 victims of the Battle of Hastings may be buried in a field one mile north west of the official site at Battle.

    The site of where the Battle of Hastings has been commemorated for the last 1,000 years is in the wrong place, it has been claimed.

    Ever since the 1066 battle that led to the Norman Conquest, history has recorded the event as happening at what is now Battle Abbey in the East Sussex town.

    But although some 10,000 men are believed to have been killed in the historic conflict, no human remains or artefects from the battle have ever been found at the location.

    This has given rise to several historians to examine alternative sites for the battle that was a decisive victory for William the Conqueror and saw the death of King Harold.

    Now historian and author John Grehan believes he has finally found the actual location - on a steep hill one mile north west of Battle.

    Full article here.