Battle of Hastings - Was Harold Killed at Battle Abbey?

Battle Abbey - is it really the resting place of Harold? 

completely revised 03/12/2025

It is important to work out where Harold died as that will point up us in the direction of his last battle. Even though I first worked out the order of events then figured out where Harold died, the mainstream narrative has Harold dying on Senlac Ridge at the High Altar of the Abbey's church. I want to figure out the thought process of whoever decided that Harold died at that location. 

For me, the main reasons why Harold was thought to be on Abbey grounds are the two pieces of evidence in the Chronicle of Battle Abbey (CBA) namely 

[William speaking] I make a vow that on this very battlefield I shall found a monastery for the salvation of all" (CBA  Circa 1180 Translation by E Searle pp 36-37). 

"They [the four monks, Theobald the Old, William Coche,Robert of Boulogne and Robert Blancard] studied the battlefield and decided that it seemed hardly suitable.... "

"... church built on a hill"

"dry of soil, and quite without springs"

"when the King heard this he refused angrily"  and told them to get on with it and importantly "on the very spot where his enemy had fallen and the victory won". 

(CBA  Circa 1180 Translation by E Searle pp 42- 45).

The only reply the monks had to that was that good stone would be hard to find due to the area being heavily forested.

I hear no other supporting evidence for Harold dying on Senlac Ridge although they could use William of Malmesbury writing in his tome " Chronicle of the Kings of England" ( circa 1125)

"William built another monastery near Hastings, dedicated to St. Martin, which was also called Battle,  because there the principal church stands on the very spot, where, as they report, Harold was found in the thickest heaps of the slain"

Chronicle of the Kings of England (circa 1125) copyright free version by J.A Giles ( 1847) based on Rev John Sharpe's translation of 1815 page 300.

 So, the evidence I have produced so far points in the direction of Battle Abbey being the correct place however, and there is always a "however", there is contrary evidence from within the CBA which demolishes what has gone before. The word "won" occurs on line 5 of page 45 and line 25 on the same page starts

"And so at length, the foundations were laid of what in those days thought an outstanding building and they prudently erected the high altar as the king had commended, on the very place where Harold's emblem, which they call a 'standard' was seen to have fallen"

(CBA  Circa 1180 Translation by E Searle pp 44- 45).

It is believed that the first part of the CBA ( up to pp 66 - 67) was written in and about 1154. When this passage is brought to the attention of historians they dismiss it as being too long after the battle for it to be correct ( 1066-1154) And since William of Malmesbury was told back in 1122 ( at the latest)that Harold had died at the ridge why wait for so long to come clean? To me this is significant as Henry II was on the throne as the first Plantagenet king. Perhaps the monks felt safe from retribution for not carrying out the wishes of William the Conqueror.  My point however is why is something they agree with is right but 20 lines later something they disagree with is incorrect. Any answers in the comments below?