Ambion Hill: The truth behind the apparent King Richard III battle ground

Ambion Hill is situated in the countryside on the Leicestershire/Warwickshire border. For centuries it was thought this was the scene of the Battle of Bosworth and the spot where King Richard III was killed.

But six years ago when medieval ammunition was discovered on farmland three miles away, the history books were re-written.

So it wasn't at Ambion Hill where the King was killed after all.

Richard Mackinder is from the Bosworth Battlefield Visitor Centre:

The site of the battle in 1485 was huge. Round shot has been found in 13 fields covering four square kilometres.

A boar has also been found - the insignia of Richard and his supporters - and his knights and foot soldiers, who set up camp in the fields the night before the battle.

Despite the fact that the archeological evidence now shows that Ambion Hill wasn't the exact battle site, it remains an important part in the story of King Richard III.

The body of the King will pass through Ambion Hill en route to Leicester Cathedral for the reinterment.