02-15-2016, 11:46 AM
Nathan Ross wrote:
.........he (Steve Kaye) suggests that the Roman water supply for this site (and another possibility at Tring Station) could have come from the Thame headwaters, to the north-west, rather than from the Bulbourne.
Interesting that your observation that Paulinus would camp his men on the hills in the North West coincides with Steve Kaye's indication that there would be other water sources in the North West.
Many thanks for the link to the article on Cow Roast and the surounds.
From those excavations it can be seen that creating wells was widespread in this area and therefore that water was not going to be a problem for a waiting or indeed besieged army depending on your interpretation.
Also the excavation shows that the area around Cow Roast was utilised prior to the Roman conquest and that this was obviously an important natural crossroads North West to South East and North East to South West taking the Icknield Way into account.
This raises the question of the militarily strategic importance of this place in this instance as a place to regroup as a vanguard for the next phase of the campaign to reconquer the East of the country.
Any thoughts?
Deryk
.........he (Steve Kaye) suggests that the Roman water supply for this site (and another possibility at Tring Station) could have come from the Thame headwaters, to the north-west, rather than from the Bulbourne.
Interesting that your observation that Paulinus would camp his men on the hills in the North West coincides with Steve Kaye's indication that there would be other water sources in the North West.
Many thanks for the link to the article on Cow Roast and the surounds.
From those excavations it can be seen that creating wells was widespread in this area and therefore that water was not going to be a problem for a waiting or indeed besieged army depending on your interpretation.
Also the excavation shows that the area around Cow Roast was utilised prior to the Roman conquest and that this was obviously an important natural crossroads North West to South East and North East to South West taking the Icknield Way into account.
This raises the question of the militarily strategic importance of this place in this instance as a place to regroup as a vanguard for the next phase of the campaign to reconquer the East of the country.
Any thoughts?
Deryk
Deryk