Royals and Rebels
You may have heard about the Battle of Worcester, the final battle of the English Civil War, which took place on 3rd September 1651. It resulted in victory for Cromwell’s Parliamentarians and disaster and disarray for the Royalist cause under Charles Stuart (later Charles II).
Curious to delve a bit deeper?
Back in 2017, Worcestershire County Council began work to expand a section of the A4440 Southern Link Road than runs across part of the historic battlefield to the south of Worcester. This meant that Worcestershire Archaeology had an exciting chance to see if further information could be gleaned about this momentous battle.
Map highlighting where fieldwork took place
Find out more about the innovative techniques we used, what was found and what this adds to both existing knowledge and future research opportunities in our mini blog series.
Blog 1 : Finding the Battlefield