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Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand.
(09-13-2022, 05:19 PM)MonsGraupius Wrote: Not a single mention of burning ... timbers throughout the Boudican period and no burnt layer between 59-83AD

Given the nearly quarter-century date range, these would most likely be timbers from construction or reconstruction after the fires.

The Southwark destruction layer, dated to the same AD55-70 range as the other sites in London, is well attested. There's no 'Boudica did this' label, of course,  but it's as convincing as these things get (see Drummond-Murray et al 'Settlement in Roman Southwark: Archaeological Excavations (1991-8) for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project', MOLA 2002, p.41, for example).

Richard Hingley, meanwhile, is one of the few decent archaeologists to have written about the Boudica revolt; this is from his 2018 'Londinium: A Biography':

   


(09-13-2022, 05:19 PM)MonsGraupius Wrote: if as I seem to remember it had finds indicative of a Roman battle site and was the right size for the battle

Newground, 1.7 miles southeast of Tring: c.900m 'defile', 13 miles from St Albans on Roman road leading to vexillation fortress in occupation c.AD60, adjacent site at Cow Roast has Roman pilum shank, bone gladius grip, fragment of cupric alloy scale armour; site itself has unverified detector finds of arrowheads, sling bullets and/or hobnails; 1st-C bronze Coolus helmet found 1km distant.
Nathan Ross
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Re: Calling all armchair generals! - by Ensifer - 03-11-2010, 03:13 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-18-2012, 06:26 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 12:02 AM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 02:50 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 05:40 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 11:26 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-24-2012, 05:11 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-24-2012, 09:42 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-24-2012, 10:10 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-25-2012, 03:11 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-25-2012, 03:25 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-25-2012, 08:36 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-26-2012, 02:57 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-27-2012, 01:50 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 08-05-2012, 02:24 PM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-07-2014, 02:18 PM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-08-2014, 01:50 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-11-2014, 02:03 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-18-2014, 07:54 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-20-2014, 02:37 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-25-2014, 08:29 AM
RE: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand. - by Nathan Ross - 09-13-2022, 09:23 PM

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