Three large mounds, which can still be seen in a valley on the edge of the battlefield, allegedly contained the remains of dead combatants (Leadman 1891).
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Mounds at Low Lead
Mounds at Low Lead (earth resistance survey)
Geophysical surveys over the mounds proved that these are more likely to be prehistoric in date as the surveys identified circular ring ditches around one of them, which are usually associated with prehistoric or post-Roman barrows.
In October 1993 an archaeologist (Andrew Green) and members of the the Towton Battlefield Society dug into two of the three mounds “but no human remains or artefacts from the battle were found.” (Andrew Boardman 1996, 97).