15 years ago I was a kid watching Hollywood movies and wondering how much we really know about ancient warfare. Last month, I was asked to give my expert opinion on those movies. I'm glad this video shows how exstatic I was to be doing this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPGdOXstSyk …
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Leaving as aside defence in depth in the outer curtain wall, you have almost no towers, no ability for enfilading fire. The entrance to the keep has a single door directly on a bridge... I mean the list goes on surely?
Even taking the movie's version, if you look closely there is a round projection from the wall which enables enfilade fire, but the keep itself can also enfilade the Deeping Wall.
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Tolkien's sketch of the hornburg as he imagined it has more projecting towers (I count five on the deeping wall) , with the keep projected forward to force enemies to move around the hornburg to attack the wall.
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The lack of zig-zag placement on the gate is a design choice, rather than a flaw and it actually makes a fair bit of sense if the goal is to stage lightning cavalry raids out of the Hornburg. Roman forts do not offset gates, for instance. They seemed to work fairly well!
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But fails to do so, the defenders had no means to retreat back to the keep in good order once the wall was breached except through a bottle neck.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Thanks for replying btw. I'll admit my comments were based on a viewing of the film many years ago. and I've not read the book, so I appreciate your insight. I'll have a read of your blog before commenting further. Thank you again... cheers Svet
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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