Just after the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings (14 October) one historian, Nick Austin, has put the cat among the pigeons by suggesting that the Battle of Hastings was not fought next to Battle Abbey where there is a visitor's centre and tours about the battle, but 2 miles away in Crowhurst. He bases this on the topography of both sites and how the battle is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry. Read the argument on both sides of the debate
here. In the end though, does it really matter?
