Battle of Hastings - My reasoning for the battlefield location
My reasoning for the battlefield location I don't think that I have given my full reasoning as to why I think the main battle happened to the North west of Battle near the golf course by Ashes Wood. In this post I'm trying to bring together the different strands of evidence ( well, I regard the facts as evidence). I shall start with the only pictorial evidence I believe exists :- the Bayeux Tapestry (1077) . From my other posts the reader must be aware that I believe that the Tapestry shows four "hours" from Scene 51 onwards - Tierce, Sext, None and Vespers. The Fyrd only show up from None ( Scene 53) perched on a ridge beating off armoured knights. Here's an overview of the battlefield :- The English are formed up inside the turquoise ring facing slightly south of east. Here's a cross section of the Battlefield from Wadhurst Lane to just over the first ridge inside Ashes Wood. The English would have been located at about 270 metres from the referen...