Autumn on a battlefield
Yesterday was lovely ! Tony (Guy@Fawkes) and I had a few hours around the site of the battle of Edgehill. I hope the following info is interesting for you.
The battle of Edgehill, on Sunday 23rd October 1642, saw the army of the Earl of Essex, the parliamentarian Lord General, and King Charles' (Charles 1) army clash in the first major action of the Civil War in England. It was fought in the open fields between the villages of Radway and Kineton in Warwickshire. It was intended to be the one great battle to decide the war.
It turned out to be a bloody draw, but the king gained an important advantage. The Earl of Essex failed to break through and had to retreat northward, to the security of the parliamentarian garrisons at Warwick and Coventry. This left the royalists in command of the road to London, and control of the capital of England was the key to the war.
The battlefield is largely agricultural land and appears at first sight to be well preserved. In reality it has been extensively disturbed and several key public Rights of Way closed by the construction, in the late 1940s, of a military depot. We came across a sign saying 'You are being watched - Ministry of Defence - Private'. But we were lucky it wasn't 375 years ago in the midst of a horrible bloodbath !
My geotag is 'approximate' - sorry ! Edited using Topaz Studio - one of the 'landscape' settings which I toned down a bit ! I have two laptops, and each shows the colours differently, so I've no idea how you'll see it !
Autumn on a battlefield
Yesterday was lovely ! Tony (Guy@Fawkes) and I had a few hours around the site of the battle of Edgehill. I hope the following info is interesting for you.
The battle of Edgehill, on Sunday 23rd October 1642, saw the army of the Earl of Essex, the parliamentarian Lord General, and King Charles' (Charles 1) army clash in the first major action of the Civil War in England. It was fought in the open fields between the villages of Radway and Kineton in Warwickshire. It was intended to be the one great battle to decide the war.
It turned out to be a bloody draw, but the king gained an important advantage. The Earl of Essex failed to break through and had to retreat northward, to the security of the parliamentarian garrisons at Warwick and Coventry. This left the royalists in command of the road to London, and control of the capital of England was the key to the war.
The battlefield is largely agricultural land and appears at first sight to be well preserved. In reality it has been extensively disturbed and several key public Rights of Way closed by the construction, in the late 1940s, of a military depot. We came across a sign saying 'You are being watched - Ministry of Defence - Private'. But we were lucky it wasn't 375 years ago in the midst of a horrible bloodbath !
My geotag is 'approximate' - sorry ! Edited using Topaz Studio - one of the 'landscape' settings which I toned down a bit ! I have two laptops, and each shows the colours differently, so I've no idea how you'll see it !