Great South Plateau

The Great South Plateau was a plateau to the south-southeast of Redwall Abbey. It is surrounded by the almost impassible Great South Cliffs, and it's top contains many different terrains, including a wood, a river, a desert, and a scrubland. In Mattimeo (book), Slagar the Cruel and his gang took the captured slaves from Redwall to this place, where their destination was. Matthias and friends followed closely, though stumbled into situations that the slavers knew how to avoid. Later, another group came to find the cure for Martha Braebuck.

The Great South Cliffs
These cliffs surround the plateau, and are very high. Josh Stump used to live somewhere along these cliffs. Slagar and his slaves ascend the cliffs using rope ladders, which they roll up. Sir Harry the Muse rolls them down for Matthias and friends to follow.

Wood
A large wood atop the plateau. It was the first place in the Redwall series in the order they were written that has the Painted Ones. Stonefleck escorts the slaves through it, and avoids the savages, except for the unlucky Skan. When Matthias and friends pass through, Cheek almost gets killed. Basil Stag Hare holds down the leader and they exchange it for Cheek.

River
A river running atop the plateau, it boasts as the widest river in the Redwall world. It runs with piranha looking fish that almost eat the rescue party, but Cheek ate them. Stonefleck and his rats operate a ferry across it, and the slaves reach the other end safely with this. A raft chase occurs after all the fish are eaten, the longtails chasing the rescue party until Cheek ties them down, allowing his friends and he to escape. The river appears to flow westward, toward the Great Inland Sea.

Desert
A desert region atop the plateau. It boasts the Abyss, formed by an earthquake, and the oasis where Matthias and friends rest. When the slaves pass through it, many of them note it's dryness and lifelessness.

Scrubland
A scrubland atop the plateau. Growing with small shrubs and juniper, it is the farmland region in a desolate desert. The Badger and Bell Rocks, as well as the Lord of Mossflower are here, pointing the way to Loamhedge Abbey, which rests just to the east. In Mattimeo, Loamhedge's ruins lay underneath these scrublands, which were in fact farmed by the abbeydwellers once upon a time.

Loamhedge Abbey
Main Article Loamhedge Abbey The precursor to Redwall, it is at the southeast corner of the plateau. After it's abandonment and an earthquake, it lies in ruin, and after the book Loamhedge, completely destroyed. Its residents used to farm the lands nearby, and it was once a thriving abbey. Unfortunately, a plague hit it and its residents had to travel north, founding Redwall. Later, it was inhabited by Malkariss and Kharanjul.

''The Great South Plateau appears in Mattimeo (book) and Loamhedge (book).