approximate range of an ettrick longbow
Setting: Medieval Britain The time line is totally fictional, so the technology used will be a mishmash from 500 AD to 1300 AD. Arthurian legend base, so there's a lot of room to play in.
The range and the history of the English Longbow is huge and easy to find, but i'm after the particular range of this Scottish cousin in particular. For use in skirmish scenes and an extended siege later on in the course of the story. It will probably be used versus the English longbow as well, but the range is never really mentioned. Just that it's actually inferior to the English version.
Search Terms used. scottish archery, ettrick bow, ettrick bow range, ettrick longbow, scottish weapons.
Neither google nor wikipedia gave anything beyond the singing the praises of the english longbow when i checked for mention of it there, either. All sites brought up with the search strings brought up modern archery clubs or totally unrelated webpages becuase of the use of Ettrick or 'Bow' in a lot of modern regions. Again, none with the approximate range of the bow in question.
I definitely need some help for this!
The range and the history of the English Longbow is huge and easy to find, but i'm after the particular range of this Scottish cousin in particular. For use in skirmish scenes and an extended siege later on in the course of the story. It will probably be used versus the English longbow as well, but the range is never really mentioned. Just that it's actually inferior to the English version.
Search Terms used. scottish archery, ettrick bow, ettrick bow range, ettrick longbow, scottish weapons.
Neither google nor wikipedia gave anything beyond the singing the praises of the english longbow when i checked for mention of it there, either. All sites brought up with the search strings brought up modern archery clubs or totally unrelated webpages becuase of the use of Ettrick or 'Bow' in a lot of modern regions. Again, none with the approximate range of the bow in question.
I definitely need some help for this!