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- 1. Fort Brockhurst, Gosport, Hampshire, England
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Fort Numerous carved stones were excavated at Battle Abbey by Sir Harold Brakspear in the 1930s and John Hare in 1978-80, including 20 fragments of Romanesque sculpture. These fragments are now distributed between the English Heritage stone stores at Fort Brockhurst, Fort Cumberland, Dover Castle, and a display in Battle Abbey gatehouse, but only 12 could be located for the Corpus, including one chevron voussoir at Fort Brockhurst. It is possible that other carved fragments are stored at Fort Brockhurst, where the quantity and weight of the material made it impossible to examine everything.
- 2. Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
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Fort Various fragments recovered from evaluation trenches at the west end of Battle Abbey Church in Spring 1999 are currently being held by English Heritage (CAS) at Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth. They include several pieces of polished Purbeck marble, including a fragment carved with a semi-shaft and capital, and a beast's head. The forthcoming Interim Report by the excavation director Sarah Reilley may shed further light on the original function and location of these fragments, but there is a suggestion that they had been reused, and were retrieved from rubble core. The beast's head is included in the Corpus for its similarity to carvings on the Salehurst font, which is Early English in character but has been attributed to the 12thc. The fragment with the semi-shaft is included as it may belong to a contemporary ensemble from Battle Abbey Church.
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