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Published March 2025. The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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North England Standing Stones is in Prehistoric North England, Standing Stones.
2700BC. The The Devil's Arrow's [Map] are three monoliths, the second highest in England, near Boroughbridge in Yorkshire. The tallest stone is 6.85m high. There are likely to have originally been more. William Camden mentions four stones in his Britannia, noting that "one was lately pulled downe by some that hoped, though in vaine, to finde treasure." The outer stones are 110m and 60m away from the central stone and form an alignment that is almost straight, running NNW-SSE.
Long Meg [Map] is a Standing Stone 25m south-west of Long Meg and Her Daughters [Map].
Rudston Monolith [Map]. Is the tallest megalith (standing stone) in the United Kingdom at 7.6m tall.