BBC The Quest for Bannockburn

BBC The Quest for Bannockburn

Part one of two. As Scotland gears up to mark the 700th anniversary of Bannockburn, Neil Oliver and Tony Pollard attempt to locate Scotland's most iconic battlefield.If there is a fact every Scot knows, it is who won the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314; although it did not bring outright victory in the war, which lay 14 years in the future and would only be won at the negotiating table. They are joined by historians, archaeologists and environmental scientists as they set out to gather evidence to chart the events that ended in Robert the Bruce's overwhelming victory over the English that helped seal Scotland's future as an independent kingdom.
Neil Oliver and Tony Pollard set out to solve one of the biggest puzzles in battlefield archaeology. 700 years ago, Robert the Bruce's overwhelming victory over the English at the Battle of Bannockburn helped seal Scotland's future as an independent kingdom.However, the actual location remains a mystery. With the help of leading battlefield archaeologists, stuntmen, computer-generated graphics and a good old-fashioned spade - Neil and Tony go in search of both the real and imagined Battle of Bannockburn.

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