King Richard's Stone

This stone was originally erected near Shenton in 1974 as this was thought to be the site of Sandeford, where Richard III is said to have died during the Battle of Bosworth on the 22nd August 1485. In 2009 after several years of careful study and extensive fieldwork, the true site of the battle was discovered in the area around Mill Lane and Fenn Lane Roman Road. The likely site is Sandeford, close to a proven medieval marsh and the findspot of the Bosworth Boar badge is on private land 2,5 km to the SW of Ambion Hill. The stone has been moved here to allow better and safer public access to it, and to allow the field at Shenton to be returned to agricultural use.

The Battle of Bosworth Field Leicestershire Market Bosworth

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