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The name may be intended to reflect the name of {{wp|Savernake Forest|Savernake Forest}} in Roundworld, where the new-age travellers spent the night before the {{wp|Battle of the Beanfield|Battle of the Beanfield}}, and to where the survivors may have retreated in its aftermath.
The name may be intended to reflect the name of {{wp|Savernake Forest|Savernake Forest}} in Roundworld, where the new-age travellers spent the night before the {{wp|Battle of the Beanfield|Battle of the Beanfield}}, and to where the survivors may have retreated in its aftermath.
There is also a distinct similarity to the Scottish forest of {{wp|Carterhaugh|Carterhaugh}}, where the ballad {{wp|Tam Lin|Tam Lin}} is set.


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[[Category: locations]]

Latest revision as of 22:42, 17 December 2020

Carterhake Forest, by inference, is, or perhaps given the encroachment of New Ankh was, a heavily wooded area within sight of the city walls of Ankh-Morpork. Its most famous denizen, celebrated in legend and folksong, was urban bandit Wat Snood. The tale is relatred in Discworld Thieves' Guild Yearbook and Diary 2002.

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The name may be intended to reflect the name of Savernake Forest in Roundworld, where the new-age travellers spent the night before the Battle of the Beanfield, and to where the survivors may have retreated in its aftermath.

There is also a distinct similarity to the Scottish forest of Carterhaugh, where the ballad Tam Lin is set.