Memorial

Battle Abbey

Location

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Current Location

Battle Abbey, High Street, Battle, Rother, East Sussex, TN33 0AD, England

OS Grid Reference

TQ 74960 15730

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Chapel or Church: Freestanding building
WMR Reference Number: 43443
Description: A walled former abbey with a ruined church whose high alter marked the spot where King Harold died. This is now marked by an inscribed stone.
Inscription: Stone slab:- THE TRADITIONAL SITE OF / THE HIGH ALTAR OF BATTLE ABBEY / FOUNDED TO COMMEMORATE / THE VICTORY OF DUKE WILLIAM / ON 14 OCTOBER 1066 / THE HIGH ALTAR WAS PLACED TO MARK / THE SPOT WHERE KING HAROLD DIED

Commemoration

Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Date of death, rank, forename

Conservation

Custodian: English Heritage

Components

Church

Made from: Stone

Condition: Missing

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1000309

Heritage Category: Park and Garden Date first listed: 25-Mar-1987

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

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Battle Abbey

Current Location

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

Conservation

Components

Further Information