08-19-2013, 08:54 PM
Quote:Any opinions?
I'm not too sure. Your site is well over to the west side of the plateau - if the Britons were coming along Akeman Street from St Alban's, they'd have to very obligingly make a lengthy circuit around to the north to bring them into position facing the Romans. Alternatively, and more easily, they could move straight up the relatively shallow slopes off Akeman Street and due west onto high ground directly behind your Roman position.
While I still like the general vicinity of Tring, this position requires either too many convenient convolutions by the Britons, or the strong possibility of the Roman trapping themselves in a hole. Dunstable blocks the main road north and cannot be easily avoided, but this position would only work if both sides had agreed to meet and fight it out on ground of the Roman commander's choosing...
Nathan Ross