Found, The battle of Bosworth

[sarge]

The actual site for the Battle of Bosworth has been located approx two miles from where the visitor centre is currently located. The location is being kept a secret until 20 Feb 2010 when all will be revealed at a special conference. A large number of medieval cannonballs and shot was found helping identify the site. All very timely for the current releases from the Perrys !!

have a look at the Battlefield trust web site for more detail.

[grant]

sarge said:

The actual site for the Battle of Bosworth has been located approx two miles from where the visitor centre is currently located. The location is being kept a secret until 20 Feb 2010 when all will be revealed at a special conference. A large number of medieval cannonballs and shot was found helping identify the site. All very timely for the current releases from the Perrys !!

have a look at the Battlefield trust web site for more detail.

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That's awfully cool. Never been there, but I agree, this is historic. My local group has been eyeing the Perry WOTR miniatures, and waiting for WAB2 to come out (or maybe Black Powder supplement - can it be taken back that far?).

Gorgeous minis. Most of my friends have abandoned the GW games they were playing when the plastic revolution came along. Black Powder arrives next week for us, so I can only imagine our other minis collecting even more dust.

[Big Al]

Went there last year around May to setup a school trip and was told that it was believed that the actual field was about two miles away, close to a nearby village, but that they weren't going to move the visitor centre. They were in the process of investigating using the ground scanners and stuff. Apparently they were pretty sure then, this will be the confirmation they were waiting on. You know, carbon dating and all that.

[johnm]

I had the job of checking the disabled access (being a wheelchair user) at the visitors centre after it was referbished two years ago. It is now like a mini Royal Armouries. Well worth a visit and they stock Osprey prints. Only place I know that sells them.johnm

[Big Al]

Another excellent place to visit and laid out along similar lines, is Culloden Field near Inverness. It is fantastic. It gives both sides' point of view and tries to give you a flavour of the battle by having a 360 degree projection room putting you right in the middle of the battle. It has a great aerial view map of the field and the forces and then you can go outside and wander about the field with a Satellite Radio guide. Very good indeed!

[Clone of Undave]

All this time living in Scummy Coventry and I didn't even realise it was there. I knew the site was in the vicinity but I wasn't aware of the visitor centre even though it's only about 15 mins away in the car.

I'll pop over there with the camera when it's fully open and let you all know what it's like. Being exposed to that much raw history generally leads to another army but them's the risks I suppose

[Cfury]

I think we don't make nearly enough of our historical sites in this country

Marston Moor - Just a field. 1 monument. 1 visitor board
Naseby - Just a field. A couple of monuments, a few visitor boards (although good news, A visitor centre has been approved!http://www.naseby.com/ )
Towton - Just a field, 1 monument

The only battlefield visitor centres I know of are Bosworth and Hastings, but I really hope to be proved wrong!

And we wonder why most people don't care about history in this country!

[mikeland]

"And do Englishmen so soon forget the Ground where Liberty was fought for?"
John Adams, 2nd US President, On the site of the Battle of Worcester, April 1786

You are correct, and sadly (not wanting to get in anyway political) but the recent raft of cut backs from the government in the UK are hitting heritage organizations hard. Our history and heritage is one of the things this country should celebrate and use to sell us as a tourist destination.

I am afraid that too often things about Wars, and Battles etc are seen as being not politically correct, certainly that is the way history seems to be taught in the schools. I agree, we want to teach future generations that war is not desired but we should still try to understand why wars happened, what motivated those who fought, and that their bravery has bought us much of what we now enjoy. Then we can see wars in context as part of the rich tapestry that makes British (and all human) history.

[Cfury]

Exactly. Wars do not make one great, as Mr. Yoda so memorably said, but the memories of those who rose up against tyrannical governments and overthrew corrupt regimes... hang on... might just have worked out why a lot of history isn't taught in schools!
Just kidding, I know we have it a lot better than most countries, but if the Americans can make such a big deal about their 300 odd years of history, why can't we make more of our wealth of it? We haven't got many WW2 veterans left, I would love them to get a bit more recognition as well as the thousands who died at Marston Moor, Towton, Bosworth, Naseby et al.

[clivethecelt]

Anyone see Time Team's WotR "special" last night? A bit infuriating, but the testing of the cannon was interesting; pity they didn't draw any hard conclusions about range, effectiveness, ect.