An early morning look at Battle Abbey, filmed from the town square and with drone footage over the medieval gatehouse, the surviving ranges, and the ruins of the abbey church. Founded by William the Conqueror after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, Battle Abbey was built on the traditional site where King Harold was said to have fallen. From above you can see the 14th-century gatehouse, the west range later reused as a country house and school, and the outline of the monastic cloister and church n