Tag:historic=battlefield
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The site of a battle or military skirmish in the past. 
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Status: approved
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The site of a battle or military skirmish in the past. This could be on land or at sea.
Note that OSM is not a place where events may be mapped, though historic=battlefield may be used to provide context for existing features.
How to map
Place a node 
roughly in the middle of where the battlefield was, or draw a area 
to indicate its perimeter (which would normally be fairly approximate, but might be the boundaries of a field for example)
Remember to add other tags that indicate what kind of object is present there (for example historic=monument or tourism=information + information=board).
Tags to use in combination
- historic=battlefield
- name=<name of the battle> (optional)
- date=<date of the battle> (optional) (or documented tag start_date=*)
Similar tags and proposals
- historic=event - proposed (and rejected) tag for location of a historic event
- boundary=protected_area - some historic battlefields are located in a protected area to preserve historic details.
See also
- National Military Park on Wikipedia (in United States of America)
- Battlefield archaeology on Wikipedia