The Site of War ; the Battle of Shrewsbury Was Made Famous by the Bard. Chris Upton Explores Its Historic Site
Birmingham Post › July 10, 2009
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Given the popularity of military history, both on TV and in print, you might have expected the battlefields of Britain to be crowded with tourists. Yet the opposite has been the case.
Until the last decade or so, the only battlefields with visitor centres, car parks and museums were at Bannockburn, Hastings and Bosworth. Significant engagements, all of them, but hardly a complete catalogue of our bloody history. Elsewhere, it was hard enough to locate aSee the full content of this document
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The Site of War ; the Battle of Shrewsbury Was Made Famous by the Bard. Chris Upton Explores Its Historic Site
Behind this, perhaps, lay uncertainty about what to display and where to display it. Other than at Towton, the bloodiest battle of the War of the Roses, little archaeology has been done on battlefields.
Medieval warriors were very good at tidyi...See the full content of this document
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