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Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand.
Vindex wrote:

And after several pages of discussion STILL has a sizable water hazard running in the middle of your proposed site.

I agree with you that there is a shallow river running through it which has a number of fords at the battle site. It is NOT a sizeable water hazard. It is less than the river at the Mancetter Site which also runs through the battle ground and has no fords.

The river at Mancetter is deep enough for today's pleasure barges whereas the River Kennet is not, which is why the Kennet and Avon Canal was built some miles away which joins the River Kennet at Hungerford down the valley.

So if Cunetio is a write off for that reason so is Mancetter.

Is that your opinion?

I do not view it in the same way that you do.

In my opinion SP set a trap.

As you know the site well as you say and are looking from the North Side of the river valley across the river, imagine the Roman troops drawn up on the opposing valley side which is as steep as a rampart.

The land between the river and the Roman lines is some 300 yards deep and the valley is miles long towards Hungerford / Silchester.

Once the Brythons were on this land (between the river and the Southern side of the Kennet Valley) and it was easy to cross the river they could have charged uphill at the Roman line. The Roman line could have been on the side of the hill where it becomes extremely steep and would have thrown their pillums (pillae?) at the advancing force and then have charged down the hill driving them towards the river where the Brythons would have been slowed down to cross the river and chaos would have ensued.

I still fail to understand your objection apart that the river is not mentioned by Tacitus.

As he doesn't mention it perhaps it wasn't seen as a great hazard?

Kind Regards - Deryk
Deryk
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Re: Calling all armchair generals! - by Ensifer - 03-11-2010, 03:13 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-18-2012, 06:26 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 12:02 AM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 02:50 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 05:40 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 11:26 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-24-2012, 05:11 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-24-2012, 09:42 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-24-2012, 10:10 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-25-2012, 03:11 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-25-2012, 03:25 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-25-2012, 08:36 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-26-2012, 02:57 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-27-2012, 01:50 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 08-05-2012, 02:24 PM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-07-2014, 02:18 PM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-08-2014, 01:50 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-11-2014, 02:03 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-18-2014, 07:54 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-20-2014, 02:37 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-25-2014, 08:29 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Deryk - 11-03-2012, 07:32 PM

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