06-01-2016, 07:08 PM
Nathan Ross wrote:
Yes, I mused a bit about that in this post (which includes the attached pdf). The 'spring' explanation seems most likely, although without excavation of the site we'll never know.
Of course you did - my apologies - I knew I'd seen it somewhere before...
There appears to be a large settlement here going back to at least the late Iron Age with quite extensive industrial workings (probably from local bog ore) here and with the settlement expanding into a Roman Town over the centuries.
If Cow Roast was used at the time of the battle much of the metal from the aftermath may have been melted down and re-used.
The only 2 issues I have with Tring site 2 is that the River Bulbourne runs through the battle site and we have always said that was unlikely and also that the wagons were at the edge of a plain and the valley scenario doesn't seem to fit - unless of course the wagon line was at New Ground and the river was dammed by the Romans at Bulbourne?
Deryk
Yes, I mused a bit about that in this post (which includes the attached pdf). The 'spring' explanation seems most likely, although without excavation of the site we'll never know.
Of course you did - my apologies - I knew I'd seen it somewhere before...
There appears to be a large settlement here going back to at least the late Iron Age with quite extensive industrial workings (probably from local bog ore) here and with the settlement expanding into a Roman Town over the centuries.
If Cow Roast was used at the time of the battle much of the metal from the aftermath may have been melted down and re-used.
The only 2 issues I have with Tring site 2 is that the River Bulbourne runs through the battle site and we have always said that was unlikely and also that the wagons were at the edge of a plain and the valley scenario doesn't seem to fit - unless of course the wagon line was at New Ground and the river was dammed by the Romans at Bulbourne?
Deryk
Deryk