not 'a fair plain' but the area around Battle Acre Cottage or Drybridge House—to the south-south-east—meets that description. Andy Lamkowski also makes the point that if the Lancastrian force approached from the south rather than the west then a north/south alignment is more likely, Edward would be deploying across the valley width to prevent them moving north and would have the advantage of anchoring his flanks on the slopes of the narrowing valley and/or the River Lugg itself. In Shakespeare Shakespeare described this parhelion phenomenon and its portentous symbolism in Act Two Scene One of Henry VI, Part 3: Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun; Not separated with the racking clouds, But sever'd in a pale clear-shining sky. See, see! they join, embrace, and seem to kiss, As if they vow'd some league inviolable: Now are they but one lamp, one light, one sun. In this the heaven figures some event. Shakespeare omits mention of the battle. References 1461 in England Mortimer's Cross 1461 Military history of Herefordshire Mortimer's Cross Conflicts in 1461 15th century in Wales 1461 in Wales