Battle of Hastings - Comparison Tables for 1066 Battle and Camp sites

Comparison Tables

TABLE 1

Suspected Battle Site            Distance from Hastings*      Suspected location of English Camp

Senlec Ridge                            5.98 miles                               Caldbec Hill

Caldbec Hill                             6.49 miles                                Caldbec Hill

Netherfield Hill                       7.6 miles                                    Netherfield Hill

Netherfield Hill                       7.6 miles                                    Netherfield Church

Netherfield Church                  8.45 miles                                  Netherfield Church

Netherfield Church                  8.45 miles                                  Darwell Wood

Darwell Wood                        approx 9 miles                            Darwell Wood


* That is Hastings Old Town and distance measured "as the crow flies".

Red Highlight - Already proved to be wrong ( at least "no evidence to support a battle took place here").

Amber Highlight - Doubtful but not impossible.

Green Highlight - My solution.

TABLE 2

Suspected Camp site              Bearing from Telham Hill Fort

Caldbec Hill                            313 deg

Netherfield Hill                       313 deg

Netherfield Church                  312 deg

Darwell Wood                        309 deg

So from the table above, a light on Netherfield Hill or from the Netherfield Church area could be confused with light coming from Caldbec Hill but Darwell Wood is some 5 degrees off. 

TABLE 3

Suspected Camp site             Line of Sight angle**

Caldbec Hill                              -0.511 deg
                   
Netherfield Hill                         -0.380 deg

Netherfield Church                   +0,040 deg 


Darwell Wood                            +0.156 deg   

** Flat Earth calculation

Taken with Table 2 above the results show that there could be confusion between the Caldbec Hill site and the Netherfield Hill site but not with the other sites. Since it is reported that "lights were seen on Caldbec Hill" by the Norman lookouts, you have to wonder what the lookouts were drinking!