Found it!

The number of times we have driven through the village of Clifton, just outside Penrith and never found the so-called battlefield that is the village's claim to fame.

Today we found it! Here it is. A plaque by the side of the road commemorates this historic occasion - the last battle on English soil.

Clifton Moor was a battlefield on 18th December 1745, the last time two armies clashed on English soil. It was here that the Duke of Cumberland's army caught up with Bonnie Prince Charlie's Highlanders on their retreat from Derby. The battle lasted around half an hour and about a dozen men were killed on each side. The '45 Jacobite uprising ended with the 'Battle of Culloden' four months later.

Nearby is an old tree - The Rebel Tree. Apparently, this marks the burial place of Jacobite soldiers killed on Clifton Moor:

HERE LIE BURIED THE
MEN OF THE ARMY OF
PRINCE CHARLES WHO
FELL AT CLIFTON MOOR
18 DECEMBER 1745.



Amazing that these are very close to the George and Dragon, a place we have been to eat several times (excellent food by the way).

Incidentally, the line of newer trees in the picture, running behind the field, marks the M6 as it heads up to Penrith - Junction 40.

There's a lot of information about this battle on the internet. A startling first-hand account of the event is here.