04-07-2023, 07:59 AM
'He opts for Windridge Farm' - that's a bit of fresh air (sorry).
The book in question is 'Echolands: A Journey in Search of Boudica' by Duncan Mackay, Hodder & Stoughton (6 April 2023)
'Windridge Farm lies approximately one kilometre southwest of the Roman town of Verulamium and immediately south of the gently rising gradient of Prae Wood. More than one hundred Roman lead sling bullets (glandes) have been recovered from its fields by metal detectorists and fieldwalkers since the 1970s.'. Text from 'The Windridge Farm Glandes Revisited: Clues to Conquest? By JOHN REID, REGINE MÜLLER and SABINE KLEIN. Britannia 2022, page 1 of 24.
Duncan Mackay's selection of Windridge Farm as the possible site for Boudica's last battle is brave and great news for all sorts of reasons. We may finally see some serious investigation of this very intriguing site. It might even scupper plans for building development https://www.stalbans.gov.uk/sites/defaul...t%2015.pdf (John knows much more about this and his proposed Roman fort-like structures at Windridge).
So, will the archaeological authorities allow the developers to destroy what may be the site of the Boudican battle, or decide they must investigate before the opportunity is lost.
Interesting times ...
Regards, Steve Kaye
The book in question is 'Echolands: A Journey in Search of Boudica' by Duncan Mackay, Hodder & Stoughton (6 April 2023)
'Windridge Farm lies approximately one kilometre southwest of the Roman town of Verulamium and immediately south of the gently rising gradient of Prae Wood. More than one hundred Roman lead sling bullets (glandes) have been recovered from its fields by metal detectorists and fieldwalkers since the 1970s.'. Text from 'The Windridge Farm Glandes Revisited: Clues to Conquest? By JOHN REID, REGINE MÜLLER and SABINE KLEIN. Britannia 2022, page 1 of 24.
Duncan Mackay's selection of Windridge Farm as the possible site for Boudica's last battle is brave and great news for all sorts of reasons. We may finally see some serious investigation of this very intriguing site. It might even scupper plans for building development https://www.stalbans.gov.uk/sites/defaul...t%2015.pdf (John knows much more about this and his proposed Roman fort-like structures at Windridge).
So, will the archaeological authorities allow the developers to destroy what may be the site of the Boudican battle, or decide they must investigate before the opportunity is lost.
Interesting times ...
Regards, Steve Kaye
