The battle area and specific points of engagement for the Battle of Patay are not known with certainty. More recently another view has been suggested by Ferdinand de Liocourt. First, there was inadequate time for the English archers to establish their standard tactical defense. Second, the English position was not sufficiently protected from flanking, as the French cavalry was able to span-out beyond the English line. For the English to be defeated on an open battle just after losing an important siege campaign was dramatic, even without 'the Maid' being a factor.
Nothing remains in the area to distinctly mark the battlefield.
This intersection is believed to be where Talbot established his archers among some low bushes along side the roads' intersection. Tradition also has named an area on high ground just north of this intersection as 'Le Camp'. This suggests to some that it was where Fastolf positioned the English wagons. The July 2000 photograph looks northwest over the depression in the modern wheat fields. The small farming hamlet of Lignerolles is in the background.