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Doesnt seem to make much sense for defense unless you're defending against a small group of attackers since you cant fit many defending forces on the Crannog.
by vivekd 7y ago
Doesnt seem to make much sense for defense unless you're defending against a small group of attackers since you cant fit many defending forces on the Crannog.
If it was protection from raiders or animals using those stones to build a wall would make more practical sense. Im guessing they were probably done for a religoius or spiritual purpose
- desas 7y ago"religious or spiritual purpose" is the get out for everything archeologists can't explain. I think it's rather likely that people were protecting themselves from opportunist raiders than a large group of attackers.
- opwieurposiu 7y agoThis is Scotland, so the water is pretty cold most of the year. If you have to swim through cold water to steal something you are much less likely to do so, especially at night.
- reillyse 7y agoThere weren't large numbers of attackers back then. The article is talking about the Neolithic-Era so approx 3500 BC. I would say that it would be relatively easy to defend against 5x the amount of people if you could pick them off as they swam across the water. You literally could be throwing spears or rocks at them as they tried to swim.
- 7952 7y agoBut it would be pretty good against those small numbers. Any attacker needs a boat of some kind, and will be visible and delayed when they make the crossing. And larger groups of attackers would still be limited by the availability of boats.