The Battle of the Boyne

The account

Two kings faced each other across the Boyne in 1690 in a battle that decided the throne and still echoes in Ireland, and the riverside field gives up its cannonballs and coins.

Leads, where the trail points now

• The field is at County Meath, Ireland, 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 the Boyne to learn where the fighting, the camps, and the rout actually ran before you look.