Bosworth Field

The account

Richard the Third died at Bosworth in 1485 and his crown was said to be found in a hawthorn bush; the true battlefield was only pinned down in 2009 by scattered shot and a silver boar.

Leads, where the trail points now

• The field is at Leicestershire, England, and arms, shot, and relics still come out of the ground there.
• Detecting or digging needs landowner or park permission, and any significant find should be recorded; many battlefields are protected.
• Work the documented account of Bosworth Field to learn where the fighting, the camps, and the rout actually ran before you look.