"Still trying to discover if there was an eclipse that evening though"
Don't think there was George but all I know is that it gets the morning sun, which is a damn good reason to build your house in that direction ;)
Moss, it was a lunar eclipse which has a 30% chance of happening under the circumstances i.e. a "red moon " .Up to about 3000 bc ,it's relatively easy but later it's more tedious .