09-28-2021, 12:25 PM
Steve Kaye wrote:
These defences were not completed before the fort was dismantled, indicating only a very short occupation." A town developed at the site and it is this that was supposedly burnt during the Boudican uprising.
Whether it was the town or the fort that was burnt down (and I am prepared to stand corrected by Steve) it does show that the uprising had reached Godmanchester and that it is not a given that this was a safe area for an army on the move that was prone to ambush.
These defences were not completed before the fort was dismantled, indicating only a very short occupation." A town developed at the site and it is this that was supposedly burnt during the Boudican uprising.
Whether it was the town or the fort that was burnt down (and I am prepared to stand corrected by Steve) it does show that the uprising had reached Godmanchester and that it is not a given that this was a safe area for an army on the move that was prone to ambush.
Deryk