> Mikko Rintasaari wrote:
> ...
> > Half a million, which would match Heortland nicely. And at that time the
> > climate of ireland was warmer than it is now, so the land must have been
> > decently fertile.
> ...
>
> Not the impression I have from the sources. Ireland had considerable
> quantities of waste land (still does, I understand) and considerable
> population pressure.
Well. A large part of Heortland is mountains and their foothills. It's a
working analogy. And the society and farming methods (and cattle!) is a
pretty nice fit. I'm talking about celtic Ireland here. Long ago. 300
AD.
-Adept