2016

ST7270 : Site of the Battle of Lansdown

taken 8 years ago, near to Lansdown, Bath And North East Somerset, England

Site of the Battle of Lansdown
Site of the Battle of Lansdown
The 1643 battlefield site covers a much larger area than this. Royalist musketeers used this wall as a line of defence but were not greatly called upon to defend it, as the Parliamentarians withdrew.

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Geographical Context: Lowlands Boundary, Barrier Grassland other tags: Dry Stone Wall Battlefield Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Battle of Lansdown in 1643 [10] · Wall [5] ·
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ST7270, 86 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Bill Boaden   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 21 July, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 25 September, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 7247 7015 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:25.7808N 2:23.8430W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 7248 7016
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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