Dacre's Cross

[poliphilo]

This cross, erected in 1928, is a monument to the dead of the Battle of Towton. The cross head is medieval and may come from the chapel that Richard III erected as an earlier memorial.

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[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Wonderfully atmospheric. I was there in late morning on a fairly blue sky day so my own photograph was fairly pedestrian.

EDIT: I did a small page of Towton images back when everyone was on dial-up (so they're small) -- there are some shots of the Cock Beck in flood that tell the story of what Towton was probably like.

http://www.r3.org/archives/ricardian_britain/towton/index.html

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Those pictures are great.

I wish I'd had more time. It was late afternoon. The light was failing and Ailz asked me where I wanted to go- and I said "Towton". She stayed in the car while I strode off into the mud.

If you want to appropriate this image for your site, please feel free.

[sovay]

That's lovely.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

The light gives it a lovely mysterious look. I'll have to look up some history it seems.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The failing light turned out to be an asset.

I find the Wars of the Roses pretty confusing. One medieval dynasty is very much like another.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

Like watching a bullfight, isn't it? Difficult to know which side to root for.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Exactly. York and Lancaster were like street gangs- equally unlovely- though I admit to a certain tenderness for that much maligned man, Richard III.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

Why Richard? Because he may have been falsely accused?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes. The Tudor's monstered him. The evidence suggests that- as medieval warlords go- he was a fairly decent bloke.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

Indeed.