Hogwarts Location was American weather...was British weather

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at y...> wrote:
> By the way, Steve bboy_mn has done a lot of research to locate
> possible Hogwarts sites.  I searced for "Maps" on OTC for a link to
> one of his messages where he explains what he's found:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/13871
> 
> That message also includes a link to some maps he has where he's
> marked some likely locations for Hogwarts.
> 
> Wish he's do one for Wiltshire and the Malfoy estate...<hint, hint>
> 
> Annemehr


HI Annemehr,

Udder Pendragon is right, beyond showing you where Whiltshire (a
county) is on a map of England (It's in the west. East of Sommerset
which is east of Devon, North of Dorset, West of Hampshire, Southwest
of Oxfordshire, and south of Gloucestershire. It's major city is
Swindon near it's northern boarder, and in the south, a significant
city is Salisbury. If you draw a straight line from the City of
Bristol to the Isle of Wright, it will pass through the middle of
Whiltshire.), I can't do much more. I have researched Whiltshire a
bit, but from my distant location, I can't get much of a sense of
where the Malfoy Estate might be. 

There are a few nice castles in Whiltshire but it's most significat
claim to fame is Stonehenge and also, Woodhenge, as well as many other
 ancient Neolithic sites. So, this is a very ancient and magical area
of England, which might explain why an old family like the Malfoys
live there.

I have a scan of a map I could send you, and I could create a 3D
satellite map like my other maps but there aren't many outstanding
geographic features in the area, so it would mostly be just green.

I have considered making England and Scotland maps showing the
locations of assume places and characters, so people could see at a
glance where things are. There are a few charaters who's location is
mentioned. Obviously, Malfoy in Whiltshire, but McGonagal implies that
Dedalus Diggle lives in Kent which is in the far south east corner of
England. There are a couple other character location mention as well,
but I can't think of them at the moment. And wasn't it implied that
Madame Marsh lived near Abergravenny, Wales?

As a side note, for another discussion, I created a map showing the
area of London within a one mile radius (walking distance) of King's
Cross Station to get an idea where Grimauld Place might be.
Unfortunately, at the moment, I can't remember where that map is. I
mean, I have a copy of it, but I'm not sure where I posted it on the
net; in a group or on a website. The map is has a very large file size
so access was somewhat limited to people with a high bandwidth
connection or a lot of time to spare.

Oops, I found it and a map to Surrey.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/19221

The 'tinyurl.com' links don't seem to be working now, but the long
versions will.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn