The archaeological investigation of those elements within the landscape that have been linked to the Battle of Towton
The initial phase of the project concentrated on features recorded in the 1995 “English Heritage Register of Historic Battlefields”. This register defines the area of the battle based on evidence recorded in North Yorkshire’s SMR and documentary sources, and is seen as its “official” representation. Most of the SMR records are based on either information gained from observations made in the field or documentary evidence relating to various sites. These documentary sources range from private letters describing the event several days after the battle, to accounts dating from the twentieth century.
Barrett’s 1896 annotated map