I’ve posted about this ongoing investigation a few times in the past and I’m not too surprised that it is now looking like the traditional site for the battle is incorrect. Some of the early results were pointing in that direction. I’m looking forward to reading the final report!
From The Telegraph:
For hundreds of years history followers have visited Ambion Hill in Leicestershire, believing it to be the site of the Battle of Bosworth, which marked the end of the War of the Roses and the beginning of the reign of the Tudors.
… Richard Knox, curator of Bosworth Battlefield, said it was now likely that the proper site was on low-lying ground between the villages of Shenton, Stoke Golding and Dadlington, first proposed by the historian Peter Foss in 1990.
The key to the mystery is likely to be finding the former marshland that Henry is said to have used to his advantage to attack the vastly larger army of his enemy from the flanks.
Investigations there have found ancient names given to the area such as Fenn Hole and Fenn Meadow, and a team is currently scouring the area with metal detectors.
Mr Knox said:
I’ve been following this for quite a while, and I’m glad they reached the conclusion that the current purported site probably isn’t the right one. There seems to be a total lack of artifacts that you would expect if there had been a battle there.
For those interested, the Bosworth Battlefield website shows maps of the alternative sites including the one Peter Foss proposes.
Possible Bosworth Battlefield Site Maps (Scroll about half way down the page to The Three Main Theories. The maps are linked there.)
I wish Battlefield Detectives on The History Channel would do a program on this. If you ever happen across it, they did an remarkable job on Agincourt.