Battle Abbey great gatehouse, East Sussex, UK
by Neale And Judith Clark
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Battle Abbey great gatehouse, East Sussex, UK
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Neale And Judith Clark
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North face of Battle Abbey great gatehouse built 1338 and its adjacent precinct wall Battle Sussex England UK GB Europe
Alamy ref: 2M19E69
Battle Abbey is a partially ruined Benedictine abbey in Battle, East Sussex, England. The abbey was built on the site of the Battle of Hastings and dedicated to St Martin of Tours. It is a Scheduled Monument.
The Grade I listed site is now operated by English Heritage as 1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield.
William the Conqueror had vowed to build a monastery in the event that he won the battle. In 1070, Pope Alexander II ordered the Normans to do penance for killing so many people during their conquest of England. William the Conqueror vowed to build an abbey where the Battle of Hastings had taken place, with the high altar of the church on the supposed spot where King Harold fell in battle on Saturday, 14 October 1066
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