East Sussex Gallery

View of The Seven Sisters cliffs, the coastguard cottages on Seaford Head

View of The Seven Sisters cliffs, the coastguard cottages on Seaford Head, South Downs Way, South Downs National Park, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

© Neale Clark

Architecture, Building Exterior, Cliffs, Coast, Coasts, Color Image, Cottage, Cottages, East Sussex, England, Europe, Exteriors, Great Britain, Horizontal, National Parks, Outdoors, Photography, Seaford Head, Seven Sisters, South Downs, South Downs National Park, Sussex, Travel Destination, United Kingdom

William the Conqueror J980082

BATTLE ABBEY, East Sussex. "William the Conqueror" c1580 by unknown artist. Oil on panel 146.1 x 109.2

© Historic England

1066, 1st, Hastings, King, Monarchy, Paintings, Weapon, William I

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