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Battle of Hastings Location

The actual location of the battle has been historically considered on the south-facing field adjacent to the Battle Abbey. Resent research by BBC' Time Team in 2013 using aerial technology called LIDAR mapping the terrain indicated that the traditional battlefield would have been too boggy for William's Norman cavalry. In addition to topographical analysis, Time Team also performed extensive archeological excavation of the field and found nothing that can be dated to the time, or anything resembling a piece of a sword, axe, arrow, or armour. The field is void of anything material that proves the Battle was ever fought there. In the 1950-s a heavily rusted iron axe was donated to the Battle Town's museum. This artifact is believed to be a remnant of an Anglo-Saxon battle axe. According to local legend the axe was found about 200 meters east from the Abbey where the present day Marley Lane, Upper Lake Rd. and Lower Lake Rd. intersect at a roundabout. Time Team concluded that a combination of such findings as the boggy field south of the Abbey, artifact axe from a natural hill at the intersection of three roads, all indicating to a likely location of the Battle at the roundabout. Further research by an independent archeologist Nick Austen also casts doubt that the Battle was fought at the field south of the Abbey.