06-08-2015, 02:44 PM
John states:
So we still have this interesting question of thresholds. 36 miles to Dunstable, or Tring seems to be set as an acceptable distance for a full column to retreat from London, 108 miles at Mancetter is not. So where within this 72 mile bracket is acceptable threshold for a full column retreat/re-advance?
Could it be the 72 miles to Church Stowe?
For a number of reasons Church Stowe seems to fall within the acceptable range of a "full column" scenario.
I am not sure that it is only the 72 miles from London that is key but also the distance from the Iceni and Trinovantes homelands.
As an example both Cunetio and Ogbourne St George are around 70 miles from London but also about 120 to 130miles from Thetford etc.
So although CS is 72 miles from London it is around 70 - 80 miles from Thetford as are Dunstable and Tring.
This extra distance for the Tribes would put a huge strain on their logistics for food or the length of time they would have stayed from their territories and would have been an unacceptable risk.
So we still have this interesting question of thresholds. 36 miles to Dunstable, or Tring seems to be set as an acceptable distance for a full column to retreat from London, 108 miles at Mancetter is not. So where within this 72 mile bracket is acceptable threshold for a full column retreat/re-advance?
Could it be the 72 miles to Church Stowe?
For a number of reasons Church Stowe seems to fall within the acceptable range of a "full column" scenario.
I am not sure that it is only the 72 miles from London that is key but also the distance from the Iceni and Trinovantes homelands.
As an example both Cunetio and Ogbourne St George are around 70 miles from London but also about 120 to 130miles from Thetford etc.
So although CS is 72 miles from London it is around 70 - 80 miles from Thetford as are Dunstable and Tring.
This extra distance for the Tribes would put a huge strain on their logistics for food or the length of time they would have stayed from their territories and would have been an unacceptable risk.
Deryk