Lots of articles related to the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden on Monday the 9th:<\/p>\n
* 500 years ago- the bloodiest of battles<\/a><\/p>\n * 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden – the last time a British king died in battle<\/a><\/p>\n * Your 60-second guide to the battle of Flodden<\/a><\/p>\n * Excavation search for soldiers killed on Flodden battlefield<\/a><\/p>\n * Battle of Flodden burial excavation work begins<\/a><\/p>\n One of the stories that lit up my news alerts and Twitter stream was, unfortunately, also quite “Ewwwwww”-inducing:<\/p>\n * Soil samples show Richard III suffered from roundworm<\/a> – and here’s another version of the story with a short video clip with one of the scientists involved in the work<\/a>.<\/p>\n First in a set of follow-ups – some results from the 3-D scanning of tombs that I linked to previously here<\/a> and here<\/a> have been revealed:<\/p>\n * Tudor sculptures reassembled with help from 3D scanning<\/a><\/p>\n * Unfinished Tudor Sculptures Recreated<\/a><\/p>\n And a couple of follow-up stories related to Kenilworth Castle:<\/p>\n * Kenilworth Castle moat flood plans put on hold<\/a> – I thought I had previously mentioned the discussions about re-flooding the mere at Kenilworth but I couldn’t find a post about it. Well, it looks like the plans are on hold for now anyway.<\/p>\n * Viewing platforms set back until February<\/a> – (previous mention of the viewing platforms here<\/a> back when I still thought I was going to get back there this year! *pout*)<\/p>\n And last, but definitely not least…<\/p>\n