Detail View: SHIMMER: Memorial to Richard III
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Title:
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Memorial to Richard III
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Image Date:
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2007
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Period:
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20th century
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Location:
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Bosworth Field, Leicestershire
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Display Creator:
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not known
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Image ID:
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07-2401
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Description:
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View of the boulder, flagpole and small field in which Richard III is believed to have been killed at the Battle of Bosworth. The battle was the final conflict of the Wars of the Roses. The inscription on the boulder reads: Richard, the last / Plantagenet King of / England was slain here / 22nd August 1485.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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not known
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Creator Role:
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Designer.
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Subject Heading:
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Monuments
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Subject Heading:
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Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485
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Subject Heading:
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Memorials
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Subject Heading:
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Heritage tourism -- England (Leicestershire)
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Subject Heading:
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Bosworth Field, Battle of, England, 1485
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Subject Heading:
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Battlefields
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Subject Heading:
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Dark tourism
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