Post by jeffmorgan on Apr 30, 2014 3:28:52 GMT
Hi All. This is my first post on the forum, I live in Australia and would like to ask a question-
I would like to find the exact spot where Henry Tudor landed in August 1485, I found that during my research,authors,societies, and the media all tend to differ as to where the landing actually took place.
Some say that it was a small cove at the end of a promontory just south of the village of Dale, others point to Mill Bay that lies between the towns of Pembroke and Neyland. [Google earth ]
The cove south of Dale is small and access from the beach is narrow and steep [ Google earth ] and with 2,000 men, horses, and their war supplies this would seem to prove rather difficult ?
The only positive with regards this choice is that they could land directly from the open sea practically unseen ?
Although the invasion fleet would have to negotiate the channel from the entrance of Milford Haven to Mill Bay the landing here looks more favourable, sheltered water, and the access from the beach looks far better,
also right opposite his birth place, Pembroke castle, and a shorter route to Haverfordwest.
My wife and I will be visiting South Wales as part of our holiday this summer, we fly into the UK from Australia in June. Back in 1990 I visited most of the battlefields associated with the "Wars of the Roses" and finished the tour
at Bosworth field.
I also managed to walk around that part of the coast south of Dale, and even then I thought it was an odd place to land an army ? but I could be wrong ?
So if someone could help me with my quest, and if successful I shall visit the spot this year. Thank you. Jeff Lloyd.
I would like to find the exact spot where Henry Tudor landed in August 1485, I found that during my research,authors,societies, and the media all tend to differ as to where the landing actually took place.
Some say that it was a small cove at the end of a promontory just south of the village of Dale, others point to Mill Bay that lies between the towns of Pembroke and Neyland. [Google earth ]
The cove south of Dale is small and access from the beach is narrow and steep [ Google earth ] and with 2,000 men, horses, and their war supplies this would seem to prove rather difficult ?
The only positive with regards this choice is that they could land directly from the open sea practically unseen ?
Although the invasion fleet would have to negotiate the channel from the entrance of Milford Haven to Mill Bay the landing here looks more favourable, sheltered water, and the access from the beach looks far better,
also right opposite his birth place, Pembroke castle, and a shorter route to Haverfordwest.
My wife and I will be visiting South Wales as part of our holiday this summer, we fly into the UK from Australia in June. Back in 1990 I visited most of the battlefields associated with the "Wars of the Roses" and finished the tour
at Bosworth field.
I also managed to walk around that part of the coast south of Dale, and even then I thought it was an odd place to land an army ? but I could be wrong ?
So if someone could help me with my quest, and if successful I shall visit the spot this year. Thank you. Jeff Lloyd.