Why Crowhurst is probably not the Site of the Battle of Hastings
Why Crowhurst is probably not the Site of the Battle of Hastings Initially I was quite taken with the idea that the Battle of Hastings (BoH) could have taken place at Crowhurst even as far as thinking that Nick Austin (NA) had chosen the adjacent field in error. However, the more I delved, the more I found flaws in his logic. In this blog I will try and convince the reader why I think Nick Austin is wrong. Landing at Bulverhythe There are records which clearly state that the Normans landed at Pevensey and re-fortified the old Roman fort still standing. Physical evidence is also evident on the surface of the possibly later stone keep. The name Pevensey suggest that the stone curtain wall marked the extent of the ISLAND of Peven. The giveaway is the suffix "-sey". "Sey" or "Sea"denotes an island in one of the Germanic languages ( Angle, Saxon, Jute or Scandinavian) hence Wallasey, Southsea, Anglesey to name three. ( there's bound to be mor...