02-17-2018, 05:27 PM
(02-17-2018, 04:34 PM)Renatus Wrote: we're looking for a relatively steep sided valley (not justĀ a gap between two hills) about half a mile wide. Is that right?
Half a mile is probably about right.
'Gap between hills' - well, maybe. A range of hills or an escarpment would be better, to avoid outflanking - which is why these sites in the Chilterns we've been looking at are quite good. If you have a range of hills or high ground, or an escarpment, and some sort of half-mile gap or pass through through those hills, ideally with trees on the far side, then I think you've got the right sort of 'throat shaped' feature.
'Steepness' is always going to be relative, as we've discussed before! Even what appears to be a relatively mild gradient on a map could make a different in terms of movement on a battlefield, I'd say.
Nathan Ross