Agnes Conway asked Angus Watson:

Is there a map to go with the Age of Iron? Those familiar with southern England may be able to identify the places where the action occurs - google suggests that 'Maidun Castle' is Maiden Castle in Dorset, and I'm guessing at Anglesey, the Bristol Channel, Glastonbury Tor for other locations. But where's Big Bugger Hill? It would be great to have an image that overlays a modern map. (Read on kindle)

Angus Watson Hi Agnes

Well done on your guesses. Also, Bladonfort is Malmesbury, Forktown is Yeovil and the fort at the end is Danebury. Big Bugger is Bigbury Camp in Kent.
But there is no map. Here's why.
Right at the start, Lowa escapes from recently captured Barton Hillfort, which is Liddington Castle, near Swindon. So she could escape by river to reflect the cleansing of her evil or at least misguided past, I invented a river that isn't there. My excuse is that it was at the beginning of my first novel and I didn't really expect to be published, and I justified it because it's a fantasy novel. However, because that bit of geography is fake, and I'm a bit of a geography nerd - I have a degree on the subject and maps on my wall - I didn't want to put any maps in Age of Iron, even though I'm pretty sure that the rest of it, in Italy, France and Britain, is accurate.
You'll be glad to know, I hope, that there will be accurate maps in my new trilogy, West of West, the first of which comes out in June this year.

Thanks for reading,

Angus

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