Glenn R. Foard (born c.1953) is an

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landscape archaeologist, best known for discovering the location of the final phases of the

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(1485). He is Reader in Battlefield Archaeology at the

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Early career

Foard obtained his first degree from

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, in 1974, and went on to take an MA at the Institute of Archaeology. He later obtained a PhD in battlefield archaeology from the

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(2008).

Battlefield projects

Foard is known for his work on major projects on behalf of the Battlefields Trust,

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and ''

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''. While working for the Battlefields Trust, he led archaeological surveys of the sites of the

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and the Battle of Bosworth. Foard was appointed by

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in 2005, in an exercise supported by the

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, to investigate the possible sites of the battle and try to establish its exact location. In 2009, Foard and his team discovered artefacts to support his theory that the site where the Bosworth Visitor Centre is currently located is several miles from the actual spot where the battle was fought."Silver badge and lead shot pinpoint site of Battle of Bosworth", ''The Guardian'', 19 February 2010.
Accessed 30 June 2013 These included a silver-gilt badge in the shape of a

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, the emblem of King

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, who was killed in the battle. Richard Holmes called it "certainly the most important discovery about Bosworth in my lifetime".

Works

*''Naseby: The Decisive Campaign.'' Whitstable: Pryor Publications, 1995. *''The Making of a County History: John Bridges' Northamptonshire'' (with A E Brown). Leicester: University of Leicester, 1994. *''Naseby.'' Pen & Sword Military, 2004. *''Mapping Ancient Landscapes in Northamptonshire'' (with Alison Deegan). English Heritage, 2008. *''An Atlas of Northamptonshire'' (with David Hall and Tracey Partida). Oxbow Books, 2012. *''Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered'' (with Anne Curry). Oxbow Books, 2013.

References

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