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  • Time Team 1066 special: Turks in Crowhurst?

    02/29/2016 8:18:03 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 37 replies
    Hastings and St. Leonards Observer ^ | Monday, December 9th, 2013 | unattributed
    As well as examining the official battlefield and the alternative site at Caldbec Hill, Time Team also considered the much-publicised theory that the battle took place in Crowhurst. Presenter Tony Robinson travelled to the village to meet local historian Nick Austin, who first made the claims in his 2011 book, The Secrets of the Norman Invasion. Nick told Tony that his evidence is based on written material from the period, typography and archeological evidence. And he added that dowsing had revealed traces of a Turkish-style crossbow on the site - leading him to believe that Turks played their part in...