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Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand.
(08-10-2016, 04:39 PM)pid=\338210 Wrote:If we had a bit more roundness it would be a Roman no-brainer, so the conversation is about the degree of acceptable roundness.  The Water Newton site has "roundness" described in the finer outer ditch (IMHO) but the inner one seems unfeasibly angular.
It's not just a question of "roundness". Take e.g. the following example. Depending on how you interpret the aerial photo this is either a double ditch or a single ditch (it's particularly clear on the left). It is approximately the right size (600x400), we have two clear "corners" it is located as you would expect on a slight rise, near a good stream, located to make best use of slopes (to the bottom). The upper limit is shown on old maps as a fence. It is orientated toward a notable feature in the landscape (a local hill which at the time of the Romans would have been the only way forward.

[Image: newEvidence.png]

However ... at around 24hectares it is larger than Inchtuthil  and if it were a fort, would be the largest in Scotland. But as a Roman camp at 24 hectares it doesn't fit in with the 15 and 40 hectare sites in the area in which it was found.

Here is another crop mark I found:
[Image: qfort.png]

Now compare with sites known to be Roman camps. The first at Muirhouses:
[Image: SC00354356.jpg]
This one at Stracathro is very nice as it shows both a camp and a fort (double ditch)
[Image: SC01013789.jpg]

You can't dismiss these sites from Google earth (particularly the top one) - but neither can you say they look like the aerial photos of Roman camps.

Addendum:
Here's another:
[Image: qfort1.png]
And another:
[Image: qfort2.png]
And another site which is not recorded as being Roman:

[Image: qfort3.png]
Oh the grand oh Duke Suetonius, he had a Roman legion, he galloped rushed down to (a minor settlement called) Londinium then he galloped rushed back again. Londinium Bridge is falling down, falling down ... HOLD IT ... change of plans, we're leaving the bridge for Boudica and galloping rushing north.
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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
RE: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand. - by MonsGraupius - 08-10-2016, 09:42 PM

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