English Civil War battlefield 'may be in wrong place'
A monument marking an official battle site in the Cotswolds might be in the wrong place, historians have claimed.
The memorial to the Stow-on-the Wold battle stands about three miles (4.8km) north-west of the town, on a hill outside Donnington.
The Royalist defeat at Stow, in March 1646, was the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
But the local civic society said new investigations suggest the site was two miles closer to Stow itself.
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The memorial to the Stow-on-the Wold battle stands about three miles (4.8km) north-west of the town, on a hill outside Donnington.
The Royalist defeat at Stow, in March 1646, was the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
But the local civic society said new investigations suggest the site was two miles closer to Stow itself.