Senlac Hill

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The ridge on which King Harold II deployed his army for the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066, overlooked a south-facing slope known in English as "Santlache" ("Sandy Stream"). The Normans punned this word into Senlac ("Blood Lake"): thus Senlac Hill is the commonly held name for the high ground defended by the English army. Senlac Hill was c. 275 feet above sea level, before the top of the ridge was levelled off to create Battle Abbey.

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  • Hastings 1066 the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England, Osprey Publishing Ltd 1992, page 59.
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