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Ah but Bernard you were meant to listen to "the man in the bowler hat" who gave on-site advice that "you're digging it round & it should be square" Ok well I've got another one lined up for tonight (1800). Better not post it now as I have things to do & if I don't respond quickly it might be thought that someone has got too close to the answer & I am hiding
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Wally I imagined your inquisitive tenacity would not be put off by such side tracks I'm always impressed with the range ideas & humour that these objects throw up. If it had slowed up I was waiting for Bernard to post again & was going to make a reference to Mr Cribbins. These 'oles or shallow pits are depicted with great precision & linearity, I just wonder how rigorously they were actually constructed?
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Peter the hinges are at the bottom. That way it stays open, the other way round you have to hold it up for it to remain open
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I don't know Lauren I suppose if you were on horseback you could see into it a bit better but on the other hand the cavalry would be charging & there wouldn't be much stopping or turning round.
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Yes I thought you were going to get it Wally you certainly put in the time & ideas. Sorry if the reply to #20 was misleading, I should have perhaps put it another way, but I was trying steer people away from things buried under ground.
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Yes well done Lauren. Just holes in the ground! A great deal of ingenuity has been expended by many thinking something was pointing up at us rather than us looking down into something. The pointed sticks are in the bottom of these very neatly dug holes & the other poles are the mainstays for plain wire to be strung around.
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Nope Tony nothing like that
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Well Lauren yes & no
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Yes Mike a lot of hard work, the wires are between some of the poles & not wound on any other structure.
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There is a strong element of that Wally but before the poles & wires go in that particular set up with the square things would have taken 10 men about 4 hours to get it set up beforehand.
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The wooden things? Bernard the only wooden things are the two types post. (Poor old enemy )
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That sort of thing Bernard but there are no wooden pyramids. There are two types of posts, one type is pointed, neither type are really meant to collapse. There area of coverage is over these square 3x3 things. The final key to this is the nature of these 3ft x 3ft things
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Wally nope nothing as complex as that, just something that has 4 sides.
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Wally yes very good. People assume it is barbed wire but this was 5 years before the British Army started to use barbed wire. It was No.14 Birmingham Wire Gauge in 90 lb rolls giving about one mile of wire Nothing as elaborate as bells etc the feature was the 3x3 things
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Wally yes it is. The feature of it lies with the square things 3ft x 3ft.
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Sorry Mick I misread this, yes you are correct, the berm at the top conceals what awaits the attackers.
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I can see what you mean Wally but its not as complex as that, the shading is illustrating perspective.
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Yes Mick Nope Yes tangling was an important feature, but not just for horses it was to slow down an infantry attack as well. But not rope Such defences were considered particularly useful against an uncivilised enemy who may attack at night.
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Yes sort of Andy. We have two types of posts in specific places. Pointed ones & those that give support for something.
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Ingenious thinking John but nothing as complex as that.
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:rofl: Sounds ingenious but not hemp
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Yes Yes Nope Yes So there is an important feature of this thing missed so far that relates to these 3ft square areas. They are not pyramids but there is some entanglement but not from barbed wire.
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If it helps it would take 10 men about 4 hours to set up the basics for this particular arrangement.
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Not specifically Wally although seeing this thing may encourage attackers to go somewhere else or severely slow them down making them easier targets, although in some situations may make them less easy
