09-05-2011, 07:38 PM
Just a few images with questions;
1 this is the "spoon" (1) and spear shaft (3) found in the 1950's on the Church Stowe site at Castle Yard. ref Northamptonshire Archaeology 1986-1987, 21 p31 D. Knight. It looks to me that the spoon could be the dangerous end of the same spear shaft, does it look like any known pilum/spear type?
[attachment=1633]northantsarchaeo.jpg[/attachment]
2 could the reference to the "forest to the rear" be a strategic description of a Forest to the west of the site, as in the forest that is shown over the Thames headwaters on the Tabula Peutingeriana, does anyone know where I can get a better resolution copy? Does anyone know the name of that forest?
[attachment=1634]800px-Part_of_Tabula_Peutingeriana_showing_Britannia.jpg[/attachment]
3 if the forts claimed in the Church Stowe paper were tooled up with Scorpio's with a 400m range, the fields of fire would look like this I think, are there any examples of multiple forts laid out in this manner. I guess this puts the location of the baggage train in clear focus, i.e. the bit that isn't red around Stowe Wood. So a Roman attack over the saddle south of Weedon Hill and the cavalry racing along the ridges to the south and north looks like a good plan of attack.
[attachment=1635]400mfieldoffire.jpg[/attachment]
All speculation of course, ADDICT
1 this is the "spoon" (1) and spear shaft (3) found in the 1950's on the Church Stowe site at Castle Yard. ref Northamptonshire Archaeology 1986-1987, 21 p31 D. Knight. It looks to me that the spoon could be the dangerous end of the same spear shaft, does it look like any known pilum/spear type?
[attachment=1633]northantsarchaeo.jpg[/attachment]
2 could the reference to the "forest to the rear" be a strategic description of a Forest to the west of the site, as in the forest that is shown over the Thames headwaters on the Tabula Peutingeriana, does anyone know where I can get a better resolution copy? Does anyone know the name of that forest?
[attachment=1634]800px-Part_of_Tabula_Peutingeriana_showing_Britannia.jpg[/attachment]
3 if the forts claimed in the Church Stowe paper were tooled up with Scorpio's with a 400m range, the fields of fire would look like this I think, are there any examples of multiple forts laid out in this manner. I guess this puts the location of the baggage train in clear focus, i.e. the bit that isn't red around Stowe Wood. So a Roman attack over the saddle south of Weedon Hill and the cavalry racing along the ridges to the south and north looks like a good plan of attack.
[attachment=1635]400mfieldoffire.jpg[/attachment]
All speculation of course, ADDICT