03-05-2010, 09:37 AM
First of all, I'm sorry for being away this last two months. School exams...
What Osprey book are you mentioning, Vincula? I'm reading a lot of Osprey books, but I haven't found that type of comparison yet.
I Do live close enough Estremadura, I must go there at once!
About the materials: It is true that we have good stone, but in roman times thee were really good wood around. In south Portugal there are lots of forts (majority medival) build with earth bricks or compressed in-sitiu huge bricks (Taipa). Would't it be possible that some forts were in adobe (small earth bricks)? I know that at this moment and for the scale of the project, there's no chance of doing it on stone, I just wanted to know if I'm projecting a type of fort that would only be found in other country, or a type of fort that were indeed present in one or two places in the region.
Best regrets and keep discussing the books! I'm going to read them all
What Osprey book are you mentioning, Vincula? I'm reading a lot of Osprey books, but I haven't found that type of comparison yet.
I Do live close enough Estremadura, I must go there at once!
About the materials: It is true that we have good stone, but in roman times thee were really good wood around. In south Portugal there are lots of forts (majority medival) build with earth bricks or compressed in-sitiu huge bricks (Taipa). Would't it be possible that some forts were in adobe (small earth bricks)? I know that at this moment and for the scale of the project, there's no chance of doing it on stone, I just wanted to know if I'm projecting a type of fort that would only be found in other country, or a type of fort that were indeed present in one or two places in the region.
Best regrets and keep discussing the books! I'm going to read them all
Best regrets; David
