This week Neil marches with us across the wild beauty of Northumberland to a battleground
that broke Scotland’s heart.
In 1513 Margaret Tudor watched as her husband, the glamours renaissance king, James IV of Scotland, set off to invade England and do battle with her brother, Henry VIII. When Henry invaded France James felt duty bound to honour the Auld Alliance, a treaty of mutual assistance between Scotland and France. In retaliation he led the largest Scottish army ever to invade England across the border. James' powerful force bristling with the latest military technology met an English army led by the Earl of Surrey at Flodden. It was a brutal and bloody battle, fought with formidable pikes imported from the continent, cannon fire, slaughter and a deadly arrow to the King’s face.
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25. King Arthur, Northumberland
24. Iona, Inner Hebrides
23. Lullingstone Roman Villa, Kent
22. Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland
21. The Roman Baths, Bath, Somerset
20. At the End of the Earth, Inishmore
19. Reflections of another World, Llyn Fawr, Mid-Glamorgan
18. The Dover Boat, Kent
17. The Power Marriage, Great Orme, Llandudno,
16. Dawn Of A New Age, Pendeen, Cornwall
15. The Welsh Atlantis, Cantre’r Gwaelod. Borth, Ceredigion
14. The Time Traveller, The Amesbury Archer, Salisbury Museum
13. Grand Designs Writ Large - Silbury Hill, Wiltshire
12. The World’s Largest Stone Circle – Avebury, Wiltshire
11. A Wonder Of The World – Stonehenge, Wiltshire
10. Tomb Detectives – West Kennet Long Barrow, Wiltshire
9. Inventing Heaven – Great Langdale, lake district
8. Chasing The Future - Grime’s Graves, Norfolk
7. Walking With The Dead - Newgrange and Knowth, County Meath
6. Hidden Power – The Ness of Brodgar, Orkney
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