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Rod:
On the front face of the butt.
Rod.

youngbowyer:
If you go to the website of the company of holyrood and go to pictures you'll see martin harvey shooting at a butt and you will clearly see what it looks like.

Dane:
That is a great website, and nice to see war bow guys in medieval soldier’s kit and interpreting the past in such a way.

I couldn’t, though, find any shots of the butt itself among those photos. Which folder are they in?

Can anyone give some insights into why such a huge round mound of soil was constructed if only the side facing the archers were used for target placement. It would have been dug by hand, and that is an enormous expenditure of labor if only the front facing was used for placing targets. Was the rest of the mound even used? Seems to me a simple berm would have sufficed.

I’m asking as I have to justify the extra labor at my club to get this project approved, and would like to give historical reasons for the details of construction.

Thanks,

Dane

Cromm:
It could be the poundage of the bows being used or maybe that if you made them big you only have to build it the once,then just small repairs afterwards??
Also it is England and it does rain here a little...... ::)

youngbowyer:

--- Quote from: Dane on February 10, 2009, 12:34:50 pm ---That is a great website, and nice to see war bow guys in medieval soldier’s kit and interpreting the past in such a way.

I couldn’t, though, find any shots of the butt itself among those photos. Which folder are they in?

Can anyone give some insights into why such a huge round mound of soil was constructed if only the side facing the archers were used for target placement. It would have been dug by hand, and that is an enormous expenditure of labor if only the front facing was used for placing targets. Was the rest of the mound even used? Seems to me a simple berm would have sufficed.

I’m asking as I have to justify the extra labor at my club to get this project approved, and would like to give historical reasons for the details of construction.

Thanks,

Dane


I'll see if i can find it and then i will give you the link
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