COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
1066 Battle of Hastings and Battle Abbey
title
1066 Battle of Hastings and Battle Abbey
Title
false
Creation Date:
1818
creation_date
1818
Creation Date
false
Image Date:
2011
image_date
2011
Image Date
false
Period:
19th century ; 20th century ; 21st century
period
19th century ; 20th century ; 21st century
Period
false
Location:
Battle, East Sussex
location
Battle, East Sussex
Location
false
Country:
ENGLAND, UK
country
ENGLAND, UK
Country
false
Display Creator:
not known
display_creator
not known
Display Creator
false
Terms:
Tourist attractions
terms
Tourist attractions
Terms
false
Image ID:
11-2184
image_id
11-2184
Image ID
false
Description:
Exterior detail: plaque in the Abbey Gatehouse giving details of the donation by a private group of US citizens which enabled the UK Government to buy the site. The tourist attraction here is marketed as '1066 Battle of Hastings and Battle Abbey'. Unlike the battlefield site at Naseby, see < http://shimmer.shu.
>, which is now farmland, the Battlefield at Hastings is open to visitors. There are no traces of the actual battle visible, though the landscape remains largely unaltered apart from the Abbey buildings at the top of hill where the English positions were. The high altar of the Abbey is supposed to have been sited on the spot where King Harold was killed.
description
Exterior detail: plaque in the Abbey Gatehouse giving details of the donation by a private group of US citizens which enabled the UK Government to buy the site. The tourist attraction here is marketed as '1066 Battle of Hastings and Battle Abbey'. Unlike the battlefield site at Naseby, see < http://shimmer.shu.ac.uk/luna/servlet/s/i4x5pm >, which is now farmland, the Battlefield at Hastings is open to visitors. There are no traces of the actual battle visible, though the landscape remains largely unaltered apart from the Abbey buildings at the top of hill where the English positions were. The high altar of the Abbey is supposed to have been sited on the spot where King Harold was killed.
Description
false
Rights:
© Sheffield Hallam University
rights
© Sheffield Hallam University
Rights
false
Permissions:
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
permissions
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Permissions
false
Related Information:
1066 Battle of Hastings. For more information see also English Heritage website at < http://www.english-
> .
related_information
1066 Battle of Hastings. For more information see also English Heritage website at < http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/1066-battle-of-hastings-abbey-and-battlefield/ > .
Related Information
false
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
not known
creator
not known
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Architect.
creator_role
Architect.
Creator Role
false
Subject Heading:
Tourism -- England (East Sussex)
subject_heading
Tourism -- England (East Sussex)
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066
subject_heading
Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Battlefields
subject_heading
Battlefields
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Heritage tourism -- England (East Sussex)
subject_heading
Heritage tourism -- England (East Sussex)
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Signs and signboards -- England
subject_heading
Signs and signboards -- England
Subject Heading
false