09-28-2021, 08:30 AM
Deryk wrote, "the fort at Godmanchester (Durovigutum) was burnt at around the time of Boudica and rebuilt later.", which didn't echo with what I remembered.
Heritage Gateway records that ...
"The fort covered about 2.4 ha and was defended by twin ditches with associated timber and earth rampart. 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.
More at https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gatew...ceID=19191
Regards, Steve Kaye
Heritage Gateway records that ...
"The fort covered about 2.4 ha and was defended by twin ditches with associated timber and earth rampart. 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.
More at https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gatew...ceID=19191
Regards, Steve Kaye
