Lances broken at the Battle of Hastings (6)

I believe the answer is:

senlac

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'the battle of hastings' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'lances broken' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lances' with letters rearranged gives 'SENLAC'.

'at' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for senlac that I've seen before include "old battle site" , "Battle of Hastings site" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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