One of he events that was taking place on the 500th anniversary celebrations of the Battle of Flodden was an archaeological dig in one of the fields where the main conflict took place. The dig hoped to find the remains of bodies of those who had fallen. The bodies would not be disturbed, but left in situ and the site would be marked as a mass war grave.
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Excavations at Flodden
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 2nd 2013
i love the spell in the air during the harvest Cherie… these are two wonderful pictures….peter:)
I agree, harvest time is a special time of the year
That’s fascinating. Is it crown or private land? When will they complete their dig? They are bound to find some relics . Please keep us posted, Cherie.
It is all private farmland with right of access.
The dig has been completed and the land put back as it was. The galleries of what the found (or didn’t find ) are on the galleries tab at the following website:
http://www.iflodden.info/
This dig is listed as Flodden Field Site 2 2013.
nice couple of shots. i like the fresh looking greens against the soil
These fields always fascinate me
Did you see Tony Robinson there?
Remember to get his autograph.
I didn’t get too close to find out
Looks so peaceful these days.
It is very peaceful and difficult to image the atrocities that took place on those fields.
I wonder how many bodies they found, Cherry?
On this dig they only found a sheep burial and some lead. Which in some ways I am quite glad about.
I quite like the history of historical finds but I am rather disturbed about digging specifically for bones…
Thanks for the inspiration, i’m not sure why it’s place that I have never visited since childhood. Maybe because it’s on a road that I don’t frequent, quite hard to imagine anything happened here or just that my parents were Scottish ! Back in the day of my Dad’s younger days, he used to travel with friends between central Scotland and Tyneside. One of the Tyneside people told him that this was Flodden to which he replied … “Where’s Bannockburn ?”
When we visit we always stay around the corner from Flodden. On my first stay there we went to investigate and since that day, when I am in the area I am drawn to visit the battle fields. When I venture down into them, there is a strange atmosphere about them.