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Stonehenge - Salisbury Plain

Short Description: The Salisbury plain was famous for it great number of monuments and ancient constructions, incluiding the great stone circle of Stonehenge.

Long description: The Salisbury plain was famous for it great number of monuments and ancient constructions, incluiding the great stone circle of Stonehenge.

This area has been inhabited since the stone age, bearing witness of a continuum of conquerors and settlers: native peoples first, then celts, then romans and saxons afterwards. It's an area of great strategic value, which is demonstrated by the unbroken settlement of it by humans ever since ancient times, and may become, like in olden times, an important grain producing centre. In addition, it's great monument of Stonehenge is an impassable landmark, that simbolizes the importance this place had for ancient peoples.

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Natural Wonders:


The Great Geysir - Iceland
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Dinas Emrys - Wales
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Sognefjord - Norway
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Cwm Idwal - Wales
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Mont-Saint-Michel - Normandy
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Skelling Michael - Ireland
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The Ardennes - Flanders/Wallonia
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The Cliffs of Moher - Ireland
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Sherwood Forest - Nottinghamshire
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Hadrian's Wall - the Scottish Marches
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Offa's Dyke - the Welsh Marches
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Lindisfarne - Northumbria
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Trevena - (Tintagel), Cornwall
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The Abbey of Lorsch - Germany
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Lindholm Høje - Viking Burial Mounds
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[Bucket of Lithium]

Hadrian's Wall -

Short - The unmistakeable structure of Hadrian's wall stands as a testament upon the Scottish Marches of ancient Roman inhabitancy of Britain, and it's necessary defence.

Long - The unmistakeable structure of Hadrian's wall stands as a testament upon the Scottish Marches of ancient Roman inhabitancy of Britain, and it's necessary defence.

Since Roman control over Britain began the constant threat of the pictish assaults convinced Emperor Hadrian in AD 1122 to construct a monumental barrier from the source of the disorder, keen on exerting his power throughout the rest of the empire with this act. A series of forts were constructed up and down the 117 Kilometres in length, holding auxiliary legions to enforce the troubled region. Although being unpractical in the role of holding back a true force, the border did mark and aid in maintaining control of the Roman borders and now draws the division between the North and the South of the British isles, even if the cultures residing in both extremes have differed. The wall was replaced following Hadrian's passing, and the Antonine wall soon took over Hadrian's responsibilities, however as a symbol of Roman force and authority it remains one of the Empire's grandest achievements.

Just something I whipped up in five minutes as I'm bored. Not wonderful quality, as I'm not an expert, but I tried my best I guess.

[danova]

Sweet mate! I like it!
More please...!
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[Halvar von Flake]

Lindisfarne - Holy Island

Short Description: Lindisfarne is a tidal island off the north-east coast of England also known as Holy Island.

Long description: Lindisfarne is a tidal island off the north-east coast of England also known as Holy Island.

The monastery of Lindisfarne was founded by Irish born Saint Aidan, who had been sent from Iona off the west coast of Scotland to Northumbria at the request of King Oswald around AD 635. It became the base for Christian evangelising in the North of England and also sent a successful mission to Mercia. Monks from the community of Iona settled on the island. Northumberland's patron saint, Saint Cuthbert, was a monk and later Abbot of the monastery, and his miracles and life are recorded by the Venerable Bede. Cuthbert later became Bishop of Lindisfarne. In 793, a Viking raid on Lindisfarne caused much consternation throughout the Christian west, and is now often taken as the beginning of the Viking Age.

[Bucket of Lithium]

I'm not really confident enough on any of the other places, I'd rather a more suited writer with actual background knowledge of the place construct a more accurate piece.

I'll give a few more tries if you'd want me to, although I can't make promises as to the accuracy of final quality.

[danova]

I'm not really confident enough on any of the other places, I'd rather a more suited writer with actual background knowledge of the place construct a more accurate piece.

I'll give a few more tries if you'd want me to, although I can't make promises as to the accuracy of final quality.

ok mate.

[danova]

thanks Halvar!
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[mumakil357]

I might try to help you with this soon, but I am not really a good writer.

BTW, Wikipedia.org would be your best bet for all these buildings. They can help anyone start off.

[Malvenor]

Great Geysir -

Short - Iceland is famous for its many Geysirs, among them is the largest. The Great Geysir.

Long - Iceland is famous for its many Geysirs, among them is the largest. The Great Geysir.

In the Haukadalur valley, on the Laugarfjall hil, is the Great Geysir, the known worlds largest Geysir. Erupting to heights of over 60 meters it is a sight to behold. Eruptions are infrequent and at times stop altogether. The place is, together with Þingvellir and the Gullfoss waterfall, part of the most famous sights in Iceland.





Not the best, but there isn't much to write about >>

[Aneximanes]

I might try to help you with this soon, but I am not really a good writer.

BTW, Wikipedia.org would be your best bet for all these buildings. They can help anyone start off.

Wikipedia isn't that accurate, and especially not when it concerns history. Googeling the places is a better solution imo.

ps; the strat icons look fantastic!

[Halvar von Flake]

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Offa's Dyke - The Mercian Earthwall

Short Description: Offa's Dyke is a massive linear earthwork that was built by the Anglian kingdom of Mercia as a defence against raids from the Welsh kingdom of Powys.

Long Description: Offa's Dyke is a massive linear earthwork that was built by the Anglian kingdom of Mercia as a defence against raids from the Welsh kingdom of Powys.

Much of the earthwork can be attributed to Offa, King of Mercia from 757 to 796. Roughly following some of the current border between England and Wales, its structure is not that of a mutual boundary between the Mercians on the one side and the people of Powys on the other. The earthwork was dug with the displaced soil piled into a bank on the Mercian side. Where the earthwork encounters hills, it goes to the west of them, constantly providing an open view into Wales. In places, it is up to 65 feet wide and 8 feet high.


Lindisfarne - Holy Island

Short Description: Lindisfarne is a tidal island off the north-east coast of England also known as Holy Island.

Long description: Lindisfarne is a tidal island off the north-east coast of England also known as Holy Island.

The monastery of Lindisfarne was founded by Irish born Saint Aidan, who had been sent from Iona off the west coast of Scotland to Northumbria at the request of King Oswald around AD 635. It became the base for Christian evangelising in the North of England and also sent a successful mission to Mercia. Monks from the community of Iona settled on the island. Northumberland's patron saint, Saint Cuthbert, was a monk and later Abbot of the monastery, and his miracles and life are recorded by the Venerable Bede. Cuthbert later became Bishop of Lindisfarne. In 793, a Viking raid on Lindisfarne caused much consternation throughout the Christian west, and is now often taken as the beginning of the Viking Age.


Tintagel – Legendary Castle

Short Description: The village and nearby Tintagel Castle, situated on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, are associated with the legends surrounding King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table.

Long Description: The village and nearby Tintagel Castle, situated on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, are associated with the legends surrounding King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table.

Tintagel Castle stands on a bare upland, close to the sea. The Norman walls are so darkened and weathered that, from a little distance, they seem a part of the rock itself. Although Tintagel was actually the Dumnonian royal seat before the 7th century, its legendary aura was mostly invented in medieval times. Earlier described as a monastic site, it does not figure in any saints' lives nor does it have a cemetery. In Arthurian associations alone Tintagel is the rival of Glastonbury. Uther Pendragon is usually thought to have conceived Arthur here, upon Igerna, then the wife of the Duke of Cornwall.


The Abbey of Lorsch - Reichsabtei

Short Description: The Imperial Abbey of Lorsch, about 6 miles east of Worms, was one of the most renowned monasteries of the Carolingian Empire.

Long Description: The Imperial Abbey of Lorsch, about 6 miles east of Worms, was one of the most renowned monasteries of the Carolingian Empire.

The abbey was founded in 764 by the Frankish Count Cancor and his widowed mother Williswinda as a proprietary church and monastery on their estate, Laurissa. Many miracles were said to be wrought through the intercession of Saint Nazarius at Lorsch, and from all parts of Europe pilgrims in large numbers came to visit the shrine. In the course of the ninth century the library and scriptorium of Lorsch made it one of the cultural centres of Germany. Popes and emperors repeatedly favoured the abbey with privileges and estates ranging from the Alps to the North Sea, so that in a short time it became not only immensely rich, but also a seat of political influence. It was declared a Reichsabtei, a sovereign principality in its own right, subject directly and solely to the emperor. The abbey's importance is highlighted by the fact that two Carolingian kings, Louis the German and Louis the Younger, were buried there.


Lindholm Høje - Viking Burial Mounds

Short Description: Lindholm Høje is a major Viking burial site and former settlement situated to the north of and overlooking the city of Aalborg.

Long Description: Lindholm Høje is a major Viking burial site and former settlement situated to the north of and overlooking the city of Aalborg.

The settlement is at an important crossing over the Limfjord, a stretch of water which divides what is now Jutland. During the Viking period, it was only possible to make the crossing at this point or much further along the fjord at Aggersund because of the swamps which then edged the fjord on either side. The settlement was abandoned in circa 1200 AD, probably due to the sand which drifted from the western coast, which was a consequence of extensive deforestation and the exposed sand then being blown inland by the rough westerly winds. In large part, the sand which covered the site served to protect it over the intervening centuries.


Natural Wonders:

Dinas Emrys - Wales

Short Description: Dinas Emrys (Welsh: fortress of Ambrosius) is a rocky and wooded hillock near Beddgelert in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. Rising some 250 feet above the floor of the Glaslyn river valley.

Long Description: Dinas Emrys (Welsh: fortress of Ambrosius) is a rocky and wooded hillock near Beddgelert in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. Rising some 250 feet above the floor of the Glaslyn river valley.

According to legend, when the warlord Vortigern fled into Wales to escape the Anglo-Saxon invaders, he chose this place for a lofty hillfort as the site for his royal retreat. Every day his men would work hard erecting the first of several proposed towers; but the next morning they would return to find the masonry collapsed in a heap. This continued for many weeks until Vortigern was advised to seek the help of a young boy born of a virgin mother. The King sent his soldiers out across the land to find such a lad. The boy they found was called Myrddin Emrys (Merlin Ambrosius). Vortigern, following the advice of his councillors, was planning to kill the boy in order to appease supernatural powers that prevented him from building a fortress here. Merlin scorned this advice, and instead explained that the hill fort could not stand due to a hidden pool containing two vermes (dragons). He explained how the White Dragon of the Saxons though winning the battle at present, would soon be defeated by the British Red Dragon. After Vortigern's downfall, the fort was given to alias Emrys Wledig (Ambrosius Aurelianus), hence its name.


Sognefjord - Norway

Short Description: The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world, after Scoresby Sund on Greenland.

Long Description: The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world, after Scoresby Sund on Greenland.

The fjord turns and wiggles its way about 127 miles into the landmass. By following the fjord to its head, you have come to the centre of Norway. On the map the fjord looks like a tree, like an old oak. The western part is the lower part of the trunk. Further inland, it spreads its branches as in the Nærøyfjord, the Aurlandsfjord, and the Fjærlandsfjord. Mountains, plateausand hills encircle the fjord. The mountainsides are frequently precipitous all the way down to the fjord surface. The word fjord belongs to the old Norse vocabulary. Fjord as geographical term gave name to large areas. The word was taken abroad and used on sea lanes cutting into the landscape when Norwegians ruled over the great North Sea empire in the Middle Ages. “Fjordr” has derivations like “Fyrde” and “Firda”. The Firda county was the name given to the area north of the Sognefjord when the ancient judicial assembly called “Gulatinget” convened a thousand years ago. The name Sogn is derived from “soget” which is a foamy surge or whirlpool.


Cwm Idwal – Wales

Short Description: Cwm Idwal is a hanging valley in the Glyderau range of mountains in North Wales.

Long Description: Cwm Idwal is a hanging valley in the Glyderau range of mountains in North Wales.

Cwm Idwal is a spectacular product of glaciation, surrounded by high crags, screes, moraines and rounded rocks, with a lake on its floor (Llyn Idwal). Cwm Idwal comprises volcanic and sedimentary rock which was laid down in a shallow Ordovician sea, and later pushed up and deformed into the distinctive U-shaped fold known today as the Idwal Syncline. This fold in the rock is visible today, thanks to the layering of the sedimentary rocks. The area was then eroded by glacial action to form the classic U-shaped valley.


Mont-Saint-Michel - Normandy

Short Description: Le Mont-Saint-Michel is a rocky tidal island of strategic significance in Normandy.

Long Description: Le Mont-Saint-Michel is a rocky tidal island of strategic significance in Normandy.

Mont-Saint-Michel was used in the sixth and seventh centuries as an Armorican stronghold of Romano-Breton culture and power, until it was ransacked by the Franks, thus ending the trans-channel culture that had stood since the departure of the Romans in AD 460. Before the construction of the first monastic establishment in the 8th century, the island was called "monte tombe". According to legend, St. Michael the Archangel appeared to St. Aubert, bishop of Avranches, in 708 and instructed him to build a church on the rocky islet. Aubert repeatedly ignored the angel's instruction, until St. Michael burned a hole in the bishop's skull with his finger. The mount gained strategic significance in 933 when William "Long Sword", William I, Duke of Normandy, annexed the Cotentin Peninsula, definitively placing the mount in Normandy. It is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, which commemorates the 1066 Norman conquest of England. Ducal patronage financed the spectacular Norman architecture of the abbey in subsequent centuries. In 1067, the monastery of Mont-Saint-Michel gave its support to duke William of Normandy in his claim to the throne of England. It was rewarded with properties and grounds on the English side of the Channel, including a small island located at the west of Cornwall, which, modelled after the Mount, became a Norman priory named St Michael's Mount of Penzance.


Skelling Michael - Ireland

Short Description: Skellig Michael, from Sceilig Mhichíl in the Irish language, meaning Michael's rock, also known as Great Skellig, is a steep rocky island about 15 kilometres west off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland.

Long Description: Skellig Michael, from Sceilig Mhichíl in the Irish language, meaning Michael's rock, also known as Great Skellig, is a steep rocky island about 15 kilometres west off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland.

For 600 years the island was an important centre of monastic life for Irish Christian monks. An Irish Celtic monastery, which is situated almost at the summit of the 766-feet-high rock, was built in 588. The very spartan conditions inside the monastery illustrate the ascetic lifestyle practiced by early Irish Christians. The monks lived in stone 'beehive' huts (clochans), perched above nearly vertical cliff walls. The monastery on Skellig Michael survived a number of Viking raids in the 9th century, notably in 823, was later significantly expanded, with a new chapel built around the start of the second millennium. The community at Skellig Michael was apparently never large - probably about 12 monks and an abbot. Some time in the 12th century the monks abandoned the Skellig and moved to the Augustinian Monastery at Ballinskelligs on the mainland.


The Cliffs of Moher - Ireland

Short Description: The legendary Cliffs of Moher, rising between 394 and 702 feet above sea level, are located on the Atlantic Coast of Ireland.

Long Description: The legendary Cliffs of Moher, rising between 394 and 702 feet above sea level, are located on the Atlantic Coast of Ireland.

The cliffs consist mainly of beds of Namurian shale and sandstone, with the oldest rocks being found at the bottom of the cliffs. One can see 300 million year old river channels cutting through the base of the cliffs. There are many animals living on the cliffs, most of them birds. Widely known are the Atlantic Puffins, which live in large colonies at isolated parts of the cliffs and on the small Goat Island. Also present are hawks, gulls, guillemots, shags and clouhgs.

Hags Head is the name given to the southern point of the cliffs, where there is an unusual rock formation resembling a woman's head looking out to sea. Irish legend tells many stories of an old hag (witch or "Cailleach"). Her names and variations are quite numerous. She is often linked to the golden fire goddess Brigit as her darker half Cailleach Bheara. At Hag's Head, she is called Mal. Mal fell madly in love with the great Irish hero, Cú (pronounced Koo) Chulainn. Sadly for her, Cú Chulainn did not return her feelings, finding her advances distasteful. He ran all over Ireland trying to get away from her, eventually ending up at Loop Head in south Clare. Mal thought she had him cornered here, with nowhere left to run. But, being Cú Chulainn, he escaped by jumping back to the Cliffs of Moher using the sea stacks as stepping stones (as only a legendary Irish hero could...). Poor Mal was not as nimble on her feet as the mighty Cú Chulainn - she tried to follow him, but missed her footing and was dashed to pieces against the cliff. She fell to her death at Hags Head where her blood is said to have stained all the sea.


Sherwood Forest - Sciryuda

Short Description: Sherwood Forest is an old wooded region in Nottinghamshire, that is famous through its historical association with the legend of Robin Hood.

Long Description: Sherwood Forest is an old wooded region in Nottinghamshire, that is famous through its historical association with the legend of Robin Hood.

Some portions of the forest still retain many very old oaks, while others mainly consist of birch trees. These areas originally bore a Viking name “birch lund”, now known as Birklands. Evidence of flint tools shows some use of the Sherwood area by prehistoric hunter-gatherers. During the late Iron Age and Roman periods, human habitation and farming was more common. By the 9th century, farming communities were making a greater impact on the Sherwood landscape. Most of these communities still exist today. Names ending in ‘by’ like Thoresby, are Scandinavian in origin, ‘thorpe’ as in Gleadthorpe are Danish, and ‘feld’ (field) as in Mansfield, are Roman. The name ‘Sherwood’ was first recorded in 958AD when it was called Sciryuda, meaning ‘the woodland belonging to the shire’. It became a Royal hunting forest after the Norman invasion of 1066, and was popular with many Norman kings, particularly King John and Edward I.

thanks Halvar!
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No trouble at all to "work" for my favoured mod project...quicker release!

Very sweet strat.icons!

[danova]

wow, you are quick!
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[Aneximanes]

Ardennes:

Short: Ar' Denn is the celtic name for oak. It is a forest-rich and eluded plane that has been eroded by many rivers.

Long: Ar' Denn is the celtic name for oak. It is a forest-rich and eluded plane that has been eroded by many rivers. It is a place of great mistery, dense forests and deep caves. Even the mighty romans did not like venturing here. allthough the terrain is excelent for building elevated strongpoints. La Roche, build on on the site of a former Roman fortress is an example of such a strongpoint build by the franks in the 9th century.

Hadrians Wall. (some extra facts )

Short: Build by the famous roman emperor Hadrianus this wall is still an important geographic feature.

Long: Build by the famous roman emperor Hadrianus this wall is still an important geographic feature.

The purpose of this impressive construction is not very clear. Is it to stop invading tribes? But why then so many gates. Is it to control traffic? this is more likely. But no matter the porpuse it filled for the Romans, today it is used as an important defensive landmark against invasions from both north and south.

This is made very fast, if you'r not happy with it, I could do some more searching and write a better version.

Cheers.

ps: Spelling could suck

[Halvar von Flake]

Post #12 updated! I hope you can use it...

[danova]

Post #12 updated! I hope you can use it...

Great mate! Thanks and rep!
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[Halvar von Flake]

Thanks, danova, it was great fun...your mod will have a stunning atmosphere...I'm thrilled to say! By the way...have you already made a strat.icon/description for Antonine Wall?
http://www.athenapub.com/antwall1.htm
Antonine Wall: wall 100 miles farther north than Hadrian's Wall and about half the size. This wall extended 36 and one-half miles from the Clyde River to the Firth of Forth and was ordered built by the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius in 142. The wall was 14 to 16 feet wide and about 10 feet high. As with Hadrian's Wall, a ditch ran on the northern side of it. A series of forts, 19 in all, were built every two miles along the wall.

Have you ever thought about creating civilian units like female peasants, old inhabitans throwing stones, using clubs, forks and daggers with little combat value and low/no movement points...?
And may I ask if you have developed your own blood effects? Or will you use Crimson Tide blood textures...?

EDIT: There's accidentally a little error in Bucket of Lithium's Hadrian's Wall description...it's, of course, 122 AD and not 1122 AD...

[Add1ct]

anything I can do? What's still left?

[danova]

anything I can do? What's still left?

Unfortunately I have a lot of things to do.
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