Talk:Welsh bow

Crug Mawr
Given the lack of detail on the tactics of this battle and the lack of mention of archery in the original sources, is this a useful example to include? Perhaps the ambush of Henry I by the men of Maredudd ap Bleddyn, which centrally features archery (Henry I himself being struck by an arrow) might be more useful? Or some discussion of Welsh archers in the Anglo-Norman campaigns in ireland described by Gerald of Wales? Monstrelet (talk) 15:55, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Indeed, the primary sources make no mention at all of archery. Modern speculations that make confident assertions about its use are doing us a favor by certifying themselves as unreliable, useless at least for statements in Wikivoice. I have removed this section from the article.


 * As for your other thoughts, go ahead! How would you feel about using a primary source, Gerald of Wales, for this article? I suggest that it would be useful, and acceptable with suitable caution. We would need to avoid OR; we should not imply that the bows used elsewhere in Wales or by Welshmen in Ireland were, or indeed weren't, the long powerful weapons that Gerald assigns to Gwent. Richard Keatinge (talk) 20:13, 23 September 2022 (UTC)