BATTLEFIELD BULLETIN
The Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre
and Country Park (scene of many a school
trip) is another good place for a walk, but
don’t miss the war memorial in the form of
a sundial that details the events of the
history-changing day in 1485 when
Richard III was killed and the Tudors took
over. ‘Early in the morning men prepare
their souls and their equipment for the
forthcoming battle,’ it tells you, at the point
where the sun would have fallen at 8am. At
noon, ‘Bodies strew the field, blood soaks
the ground.’ Then by three in the afternoon
it is all over: ‘The last of the Plantagenet
kings slung naked across a horse.’ That
naked king is the one they discovered
under the car park more than 500 years
later and reburied with such fanfare in
Leicester Cathedral, should you want to
pop in to complete the story.“Whether waging war or
building fortresses, royals
have left plenty for us to see
- if you know where to look”
OUTING