You Are Here - Naseby Battlefield Trail, ROC Viewpoint - Clipston, Northamptonshire - 'You Are Here' Maps on Waymarking.com

A You Are Here map and information board at the ROC Viewpoint on the Naseby Battlefield Trail.

"The Naseby Battlefield Project has created a battlefield trail which will take you to all the key parts of the approach, the battlefield itself and the Royalist retreat. At each of these spots shown on the below map, there is at least one information panel and where possible a viewing platform, to give you the best possible view of the terrain."

SOURCE - (visit link) [with map and audio clips about the battle]

The board tells us:
"The decisive battle of the English Civil War was fought in the fields of Naseby, Sulby, Sibbertoft and Clipston parishes on Saturday 14 June, 1645. The Parliamentarian New Model Army, under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax, defeated the Royalist army, commanded by King Charles I and Prince Rupert of the Rhine.

Patrols clashed on the evening of 13 June in Naseby village. By about 10am the next day the New Model Army was facing the Royalists across the shallow valley of Broadmoor on the Naseby/Sibbertoft parish boundary south of this place. At first it seemed the Royalists were winning, but the greater numbers and determination of the parliamentary forces got the better of them. A fighting retreat northwards followed.

The Last Stand -
Fairfax ordered his horse and foot to march and fight together. Their attacks succeeded in rolling the Royalists back. On the summit of Moot Hill, which forms the skyline to the west of this place, they made a stand. Once their comrades had taken position on Wadborough, the nearer hill, the Royalists ran back. They were pursued by parliamentarian horse, firing their pistols. The fight continued across the steep little valley between the hills. Perhaps it was here that the Earl of Carnwath stopped King Charles leading his cavalry into an attack, saying, 'Will you go upon your death?’ Eventually the King’s men could stand no more. They fled, fighting as they went, down into the lowlands to the north."

Location Name: ROC Viewpoint

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