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Photographs are free-licensed from Wikimedia Commons (public domain, CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA). They are resized for the web; no other changes were made. Each photograph is captioned on the page where it appears, with the photographer, the licence and a link to the Commons file.

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  Pevensey Castle, June 2022 02.jpg
  by Poliphilo · CC0
  Photographed 14 June 2022 by Poliphilo and released as CC0. The landing of 1066 is not visible in the picture; the stone is the Roman enclosure later occupied by a medieval castle.
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  Totnes Castle4.JPG
  by Troxx · Public domain
  Photographed in May 2007 by Troxx and released as PD-self. Picnic tables and a modern stair are visible in the bailey. This is Totnes Castle, not a reconstruction of a named 1066 castle.
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  Bayeux Tapestry scene51 Battle of Hastings Norman knights and archers.jpg
  by Myrabella · Public domain
  Faithful photograph of an eleventh-century embroidery, released on Commons as Licensed-PD-Art. The photograph is dated 7 March 2013. The tapestry is a near-contemporary account, not an independent photograph of the battle.
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  Battle Abbey, gatehouse.jpg
  by Tony Grist · Public domain
  Photographed 9 June 2008 by Tony Grist and released as PD-self. The gatehouse is later medieval, not a building of 1066. A modern lamp and bollards are in the foreground.
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  Reculver in Domesday Book.jpg
  by Scan of a published facsimile of Domesday Book · Public domain
  Commons credit: “Scan of Domesday Book facsimile.” Licence templates PD-old and PD-1996. This is a facsimile of the entry, not a photograph of the bound volumes at The National Archives.
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  Magna Carta (1215) - BL Cotton MS Augustus II 106.jpg
  by British Library · CC0
  Provided by the British Library from its digital collections and marked CC0 on Commons (Cc-zero and British Library image templates). One of the four known 1215 exemplifications; the seal does not survive on this copy.
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  Wells cathedral June 2026.jpg
  by Poliphilo · CC0
  Photographed 27 June 2026 by Poliphilo and released as CC0. Visitors, a banner and a neighbouring building with scaffolding appear at the edges; they have not been cropped out.
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  Tewkesbury Abbey, east end.jpg
  by Tony Grist · Public domain
  Photographed 21 April 2010 by Tony Grist and released as PD-self. The battle was fought near the town; the photograph shows the abbey as it stands now, not the fighting of 1471.
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  View from Ambion Hill.jpg
  by Tony Grist · Public domain
  Photographed 27 April 2006 by Tony Grist and released as PD-self. The caption follows later survey work that moved the accepted battlefield off Ambion Hill; the photograph is the view from the hill, not a marked battlefield.
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  Tomb of King Richard III.jpg
  by Peter_Glyn · CC0
  Photographed 4 August 2018 by Peter_Glyn (Exif) and released as CC0. The tomb was unveiled at the reburial in 2015. Visitors’ legs are visible; they have not been cropped out.

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