East Sussex Gallery

The Seven Sisters cliffs, the coastguard cottages South Downs Way, South Downs National Park, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

© Neale Clark

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Battle of Hastings J960036

BATTLE ABBEY, East Sussex. Battle of Hastings 1066. Reconstruction drawing of the battle scene with soldiers by Ivan Lapper

© Historic England

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Piltdown Man memorial, 1938

The site of the discovery of the Piltdown skull: the monolith memorial unveiled by Sir Keith Arthur on 22nd July 1938. The memorial was placed in the grounds of Barkham Manor at Piltdown, East Sussex, to mark the site of the discovery. Part of the inscription states Here, in the old river gravel, Mr. Charles Dawson, F.S.A, found the fossil skull of Piltdown Man, 1912-13'. The spectacular find was revealed to be an elaborate hoax in 1953. Date: 22nd July 1938

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans