Photograph No. 7 - The Battlefield

Taken with table 6 at left, along the probable line on which the Normans formed up before
the battle, with marsh to the front. An idea of the slope can be gained, although the hill
was higher in 1066, as it was flattened out in 1070 to build the abbey.

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