About the Author

Dr Tony Pollard is a leading battlefield archaeologist, perhaps best known as the co-presenter, with Neil Oliver, of the television series Two Men in a Trench. Formerly he was a key member of GUARD, the Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division. Among his many publications are Past Tense: Studies in the Archaeology of Conflict (with Iain Banks), Two Men in a Trench: Uncovering the Secrets of British Battlefields (with Neil Oliver), War and Sacrifice: Studies in the Archaeology of Conflict (with Iain Banks) and, as editor, Culloden: The History and Archaeology of the Last Clan Battle.