Ambion Hill
Ambion Hill is a hill in west Leicestershire, England, south of the town of Market Bosworth and lying south of the Sutton Cheney to Shenton road and north of Dadlington and of Fenn Lanes Roman road. The Ashby Canal passes to the south of the hill.
The hill is the site of the deserted medieval village of Anebein.[1]
Ambion Hill was long considered to be the site of the
Leicestershire County Council set up the battlefield visitor centre at what was Ambion Hill Farm, in 1974.[4] The work of Leicester University historian Daniel Williams was used to interpret the battle. Numerous historians challenged the Ambion Hill location for the battle and this led to a large-scale project (from 2005 to 2009) by the Battlefields Trust, headed by Glenn Foard, to attempt to definitively find the true location of the battlefield. It is now accepted that the core of the battlefield lies either side of Fenn Lanes, about two miles south-west of the visitor centre and that Ambion Hill was Richard III's camp on the night before the battle.[5] The battlefield heritage centre now has a viewing point with the Fenn Lane Farm site and other notable points marked. Ambion Hill remains within the revised registered battlefield.[6]
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References
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1008549)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ http://www.battlefieldstrust.com/media/269.pdf p.19
- ^ Peter Foss, The Field of Redemore: The Battle of Bosworth 1485, (Kairos Press, 1998)
- ^ "Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre".
- ^ Glenn Foard & Anne Curry, Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered, (Oxford, Oxbow Books, 2013)
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1000004)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
External links
- Map sources for Ambion Hill
- Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre