Cidersomerset
5th September 2014, 22:16
Myth , legend and history..........This has always fascinated me because a lot of
mainstream history especially medieval and before are based on church records,
monks , scribes and a few historical accounts usually written by the victor...
With the recent discovery of Richard 111's body under a Leicester shire car park,
and questions about King Arthur on a recent thread.
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?74566-Richplanet-TV-King-Arthur-Pro-Animus-Artorius&p=872747&highlight=King+Arthur#post872747
If these relatively recent events can be proven true rather than legend it opens
up the question of all the many other myths that probably have truths to them.
From Atlantis to the Secret space programme...LOL
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TV hunt for body of King Harold: Author's quest to prove Anglo Saxon monarch died 30
years after Battle of Hastings and is buried in Essex churchyard
Search is being carried out for remains at church in Waltham Abbey, Essex
Project is chartered by Oval Films - who helped find Richard III's remains
Will follow author Peter Burke in proving theory he died 30 years later
By Andrew Levy For Daily Mail
Published: 00:51, 5 September 2014 | Updated: 12:45, 5 September 2014
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A search for the remains of King Harold is due to be carried out at a church in Waltham
Abbey in Essex. Tradition has it his body was cut to bits after he was killed by an arrow
in the eye at the Battle of Hastings.But nearly 1,000 years on, a search is being carried
out for the remains of King Harold at a church in Waltham Abbey, Essex. The project
will be charted by Oval Films, which also helped to find Richard III’s remains in a car
park in Leicester.
It will follow amateur historian Peter Burke, who has written two historical novels on the
times of Harold, and claims the king was wounded but survived.He believes he died 30
years later and was buried near the east wall of the former abbey that dates to the late
11th century.A stone monument to the king stands in the grounds, although not where
the search is taking place.
Mr Burke, a stonemason who has spent years researching his theory at the British
Museum and British Library, is sponsoring a £2,000 search of the site using ground
penetrating radar. A film crew are recording the work.
He said: ‘I am convinced Harold survived the Battle of Hastings.
‘If we find the complete remains of an old man in his late 70s with scarring to his
temple from a battle wound then we need to do a DNA test.’
David Hatton, of Oval Films, added: ‘We are very excited by the whole concept that
there is another, even more plausible, story to the life and times of King Harold.
‘If we find what we are hoping then this could change history.’
Anglo-Saxon rule over England ended in 1066 when the Norman invaders arrived, led
by William the Conqueror.But some believe Harold fled England or lived out his life as a
hermit at Chester or Canterbury.There have also been a variety of claims about his
resting place, including at Bosham Church in West Sussex.
The search in Essex was due to begin on Tuesday but has been delayed for a fortnight
while the team wait for a licence to be issued by English Heritage.Historians remains
sceptical about the chances of finding Harold’s remains, however, with one describing
them as ‘extremely minute’.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/05/1409875413564_wps_1_B4NFH9_Waltham_Abbey_Chur.jpg
The search at Waltham Abbey Church in Essex was due to begin on Tuesday but has
been delayed a fortnight.Chris Sumner, chairman of Waltham Abbey Historical Society,
said: ‘The site that they will searching for the remains has been disturbed so many
times by building works that it will prove very unlikely that the remains will be located.’
The remains of Richard III were discovered under a car park in Leicester last year.
Earlier this year archaeologists excavating from the grounds of Hyde Abbey in
Winchester found a piece of a pelvis that could belong to Alfred the Great or his son,
Edward the Elder.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2744368/Author-s-quest-prove-Anglo-Saxon-monarch-died-30-years-Battle-Hastings-buried-Essex-churchyard.html#ixzz3CTqcJI2C
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Fact or Fiction E03 King Harold ....Narrated by Tony Robinson...
eqpNSgfPOgM
Published on 6 Nov 2013
Category
Education
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Time Team S20 Special - 1066 The Lost Battlefield
IhAXPI3ueW0
Published on 12 Dec 2013
Tony Robinson gives the history books one in the eye by discovering where the
Battle of Hastings was really fought. The battle is the most famous in English
history but not a single bit of archaeological evidence for it has ever been found.
Have historians put the battlefield in the wrong place?
Time Team set themselves the task of uncovering the true location of England's
most famous defeat.
For decades there has been dispute over the site, even though Battle Abbey is
supposed to stand exactly where Harold fell. In 2012 a bestseller claimed that
Caldbec Hill, a mile away, was the real site. But most historians still believe the
main focus of the fighting was in the fields below the Abbey.
Time Team excavate both sites to seek evidence of either one being a battlefield.
Digging alone is inconclusive. But a cutting edge aerial technology called LIDAR to
map the terrain proves that the traditional battlefield would have been too boggy
for William's Norman cavalry.
So military analysts study the data to see where Harold, a skilled commander,
would most likely have mounted his defence against William's invading army.
They identify the only ideal battlefield. It seems Harold's fearsome Saxon shield
wall straddled a narrow strategic pass that is on today's A2100.
It leads to a surprising conclusion about where the heart of the battle was fought,
and why William won and Harold lost.
mainstream history especially medieval and before are based on church records,
monks , scribes and a few historical accounts usually written by the victor...
With the recent discovery of Richard 111's body under a Leicester shire car park,
and questions about King Arthur on a recent thread.
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?74566-Richplanet-TV-King-Arthur-Pro-Animus-Artorius&p=872747&highlight=King+Arthur#post872747
If these relatively recent events can be proven true rather than legend it opens
up the question of all the many other myths that probably have truths to them.
From Atlantis to the Secret space programme...LOL
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http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/sitelogos/logo_mol.gif
TV hunt for body of King Harold: Author's quest to prove Anglo Saxon monarch died 30
years after Battle of Hastings and is buried in Essex churchyard
Search is being carried out for remains at church in Waltham Abbey, Essex
Project is chartered by Oval Films - who helped find Richard III's remains
Will follow author Peter Burke in proving theory he died 30 years later
By Andrew Levy For Daily Mail
Published: 00:51, 5 September 2014 | Updated: 12:45, 5 September 2014
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/05/1409874096522_Image_galleryImage_Television_Programme_How_.JPG
A search for the remains of King Harold is due to be carried out at a church in Waltham
Abbey in Essex. Tradition has it his body was cut to bits after he was killed by an arrow
in the eye at the Battle of Hastings.But nearly 1,000 years on, a search is being carried
out for the remains of King Harold at a church in Waltham Abbey, Essex. The project
will be charted by Oval Films, which also helped to find Richard III’s remains in a car
park in Leicester.
It will follow amateur historian Peter Burke, who has written two historical novels on the
times of Harold, and claims the king was wounded but survived.He believes he died 30
years later and was buried near the east wall of the former abbey that dates to the late
11th century.A stone monument to the king stands in the grounds, although not where
the search is taking place.
Mr Burke, a stonemason who has spent years researching his theory at the British
Museum and British Library, is sponsoring a £2,000 search of the site using ground
penetrating radar. A film crew are recording the work.
He said: ‘I am convinced Harold survived the Battle of Hastings.
‘If we find the complete remains of an old man in his late 70s with scarring to his
temple from a battle wound then we need to do a DNA test.’
David Hatton, of Oval Films, added: ‘We are very excited by the whole concept that
there is another, even more plausible, story to the life and times of King Harold.
‘If we find what we are hoping then this could change history.’
Anglo-Saxon rule over England ended in 1066 when the Norman invaders arrived, led
by William the Conqueror.But some believe Harold fled England or lived out his life as a
hermit at Chester or Canterbury.There have also been a variety of claims about his
resting place, including at Bosham Church in West Sussex.
The search in Essex was due to begin on Tuesday but has been delayed for a fortnight
while the team wait for a licence to be issued by English Heritage.Historians remains
sceptical about the chances of finding Harold’s remains, however, with one describing
them as ‘extremely minute’.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/05/1409875413564_wps_1_B4NFH9_Waltham_Abbey_Chur.jpg
The search at Waltham Abbey Church in Essex was due to begin on Tuesday but has
been delayed a fortnight.Chris Sumner, chairman of Waltham Abbey Historical Society,
said: ‘The site that they will searching for the remains has been disturbed so many
times by building works that it will prove very unlikely that the remains will be located.’
The remains of Richard III were discovered under a car park in Leicester last year.
Earlier this year archaeologists excavating from the grounds of Hyde Abbey in
Winchester found a piece of a pelvis that could belong to Alfred the Great or his son,
Edward the Elder.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2744368/Author-s-quest-prove-Anglo-Saxon-monarch-died-30-years-Battle-Hastings-buried-Essex-churchyard.html#ixzz3CTqcJI2C
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
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Fact or Fiction E03 King Harold ....Narrated by Tony Robinson...
eqpNSgfPOgM
Published on 6 Nov 2013
Category
Education
===================================================
Time Team S20 Special - 1066 The Lost Battlefield
IhAXPI3ueW0
Published on 12 Dec 2013
Tony Robinson gives the history books one in the eye by discovering where the
Battle of Hastings was really fought. The battle is the most famous in English
history but not a single bit of archaeological evidence for it has ever been found.
Have historians put the battlefield in the wrong place?
Time Team set themselves the task of uncovering the true location of England's
most famous defeat.
For decades there has been dispute over the site, even though Battle Abbey is
supposed to stand exactly where Harold fell. In 2012 a bestseller claimed that
Caldbec Hill, a mile away, was the real site. But most historians still believe the
main focus of the fighting was in the fields below the Abbey.
Time Team excavate both sites to seek evidence of either one being a battlefield.
Digging alone is inconclusive. But a cutting edge aerial technology called LIDAR to
map the terrain proves that the traditional battlefield would have been too boggy
for William's Norman cavalry.
So military analysts study the data to see where Harold, a skilled commander,
would most likely have mounted his defence against William's invading army.
They identify the only ideal battlefield. It seems Harold's fearsome Saxon shield
wall straddled a narrow strategic pass that is on today's A2100.
It leads to a surprising conclusion about where the heart of the battle was fought,
and why William won and Harold lost.