CONTENTS

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Copyright and Abbreviations
Introduction
1	A battlefield lost
2	An historical perspective: the armies
	Richard’s army and preparations
	Henry’s army and preparations
	The problem of numbers
3	An historical perspective: the battle
	Prelude to the battle
	Deployments
	Movements and actions
	Reflections
	Defections
	Aftermath
	The battlefield location
4	The battlefield terrain
	Reconstructing the historic landscape
	Physical geography
	The man-made landscape
5	Surveying the battle archaeology
	Battlefield burials
	Metal artefact scatters
	Survey progress 2005–2010
	Problems of interpretation
6	Interpreting the artefacts
7	Gunpowder weapons
	The Bosworth projectiles
	Bullets for handguns
	Bullets for hand-cannon?
	Round shot for artillery
	The Bosworth round shot
8	A new perspective on the battle
9	Conclusion
Appendices
	Appendix 1: Catalogue of round shot and large calibre bullets
	Appendix 2: Catalogue of medieval finds
	Appendix 3: List of specialist reports
Bibliography