Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand.

[Nathan Ross]

There are indeed plenty of suitable sites around there, and the way the Roman road takes a detour around the hill indicates that it was a recognised bit of high ground.

The problem for me would be the location - why would the battle be all the way over there? The road runs NW-SE, so to get there Paulinus (and the Britons presumably following him) would have to travel either to Andover or Mildenhall and then cut obliquely across country. Why? Where were they going? It would involve a considerable journey for both parties.

You'd also, I think, need some evidence of rebel activity on the route to the site, perhaps burning deposits. Silchester is still up in the air in this regard, of course!