03-08-2013, 04:14 PM
"The generally accepted site of the battle is a gorge close to the vexillation fortress at Mancetter."
I think this is an accurate statement, in the "In Our Time" piece that started the thread, Richard Hingley was pointing there, as too was Betany Hughes in her piece and Mark Corby in his, more recently Nic Fields based his Osprey book on it, although he was clear there were problems and other worthy candidates.
So the Mancetter dogma is still "generally accepted" and I think that's what makes this debate of ours so compelling. We all share a common negative position, in so far as we don't find the accepted site credible, but as yet we have no common positive position because we can't agree on sites, strategies or even time lines. The thread is all the more richer for this, but we all KNOW one day Mancetter and it's disciples will have to reverse their position, or will they. :dizzy:
I think this is an accurate statement, in the "In Our Time" piece that started the thread, Richard Hingley was pointing there, as too was Betany Hughes in her piece and Mark Corby in his, more recently Nic Fields based his Osprey book on it, although he was clear there were problems and other worthy candidates.
So the Mancetter dogma is still "generally accepted" and I think that's what makes this debate of ours so compelling. We all share a common negative position, in so far as we don't find the accepted site credible, but as yet we have no common positive position because we can't agree on sites, strategies or even time lines. The thread is all the more richer for this, but we all KNOW one day Mancetter and it's disciples will have to reverse their position, or will they. :dizzy: