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After the Battle of Bosworth Field, Richard’s body was brought to Grey Friars Abbey in [[Leicester]] and buried in an unobtrusive tomb beneath an important part of the church. During [[Henry VIII]]’s “Dissolution of the Monasteries”, the abbey was destroyed and the site levelled. In due course it became one of the ubiquities of the 20th/21st centuries - a parking lot.
After the Battle of Bosworth Field, Richard’s body was brought to Grey Friars Abbey in [[Leicester]] and buried in an unobtrusive tomb beneath an important part of the church. During [[Henry VIII]]’s “Dissolution of the Monasteries”, the abbey was destroyed and the site levelled. In due course it became one of the ubiquities of the 20th/21st centuries - a parking lot.
During the summer of 2012 a team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester began digging up the carpark. In the second week of September they found the body of a man meeting all the requirements for identification as Richard – age, battle wounds, size, curvature of the spine, location within the church according to contemporary records.
During the summer of 2012 a team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester began digging up the car park. In the second week of September they found the body of a man meeting all the requirements for identification as Richard – age, battle wounds, size, curvature of the spine, location within the church according to contemporary records.
Certainty will come with the [[DNA]] results in about 12 weeks.
Certainty will come with the [[DNA]] results in about 12 weeks.