Historic Battles
The Battle of Crecy
1346 · Crécy, France
FoundThe prize. Where the longbow won the day
Where. Crécy, France
Status. Found
Where. Crécy, France
Status. Found
The account
English longbowmen destroyed the French chivalry at Crecy in 1346, a slaughter that announced a new age of war, and the field above the valley still gives up arrowheads.
Leads, where the trail points now
- The field is at Crécy, France, 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 The Battle of Crecy to learn where the fighting, the camps, and the rout actually ran before you look.
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