Harold Godwinson or Harold II was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England from January 5 to October 14, 1066, the date of his death at the Battle of Hastings.

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The remains of the tower are around 1000 years old, because it is said that Harald of Wessex was held prisoner here in 1064 by Guy de Ponthieu after he was shipwrecked on the Picardy coast.

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