South England in June 2017

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Coliban, an explanation quoted below as to why nothing has been found on the battle site.

Archaeology could, in theory, provide evidence for or against the abbey’s claim. Unfortunately, the very act of building the abbey and parts of the surrounding town would have involved major changes to the topography of the ridge – the focus of the fighting, according to the sources – and so destroyed most if not all of the potential archaeological evidence that might be expected to survive from the 11th century. And a recent survey made by archaeologists from the Time Team television series if anything reinforces the notion that the abbey was founded on the spot where Harold fell.