Bosworth Field is under assault

[ashling]

stop construction of test-track where Richard III died



Benedict Cumberbatch as Richard III in The Hollow Crown


The Battle of Bosworth in August 1485 was the deciding skirmish in the Wars of the Roses, which saw the death of England’s last Plantagenet king and brought the Tudor dynasty to throne.

But part of the site belongs to Japanese-owned automotive specialists Horiba Mira Ltd, who have applied to Hinkley and Bosworth Borough Council to build a £26 million 1.2 million square foot track to test autonomous vehicles.

The area is part Historic England’s registered battle zone, and historians claim that if the track is approved on Tuesday, it will destroy an important area, as well as blocking the view from where Henry Tudor first saw the army of Richard III.

[shenmue]

1. Holy shit!

[Kaleva]

2. Proof that King Richard died during tea time. Look at the fighters in the background.

A rather lackadaisical lot if you ask me.

[Brother Buzz]

3. That, or they simple ran out of soldiers to slay

[sarge43]

4. Standard grunt 'tude

"Those two started this shit; let them finish it."