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Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand.
Margaret Hughes, she who helped organise the conference 'On Boudica's Trail' at Warwick Uni. in 2013, plans to publish a book on Mancetter and Boudica. The following is from Atherstone Civic Society's Autumn 2018 newsletter. Quite some teasing in this note but I look forward to reading the supporting evidence.



BOUDICA AT MANCETTER
The site of that final battle has long tantalized researchers. Yet always, in serious historical debate, one place crops up again and again: Mancetter. There are those who argue against that preference. For Peter and Dan Snow Mancetter is a mere aside in their Battlefield Britain , Towcester proposed instead. But on the other hand we can count Shepherd Frere, Antonia Fraser, Miranda Aldhouse-Green, Michael Wood, Richard Unwin, Paul Sealey, Anne Ross, M.J. Trow, Vanessa Collingridge, Neil Oliver - all as proMancetter as they dare to be given the dearth of archaeological finds. (We have no king in a car-park.)

Graham Webster, of course, is the authoritative Mancetter guru, and more recently Nic Fields has made Mancetter his choice ( Boudica’s Rebellion, Osprey 2011).

Margaret Hughes is working towards bringing out BOUDICA AT MANCETTER, and ready to defend that title via a range of strong evidence. Not only does it present a startling new insight on the narrow valley, or “defile”, in which the Romans initially took their stance, it also worms its way back through the centuries to unearth the reason behind Mancetter’s Roman name Manduessedum. It reveals that name alone is almost proof enough.

There are hurdles yet to be overcome. Expert confirmation of the “defile” is desirable - and costly. Publication could be costly. But here we are, close to the geographical centre of England and a prime spot for a memorial to the thousands killed in one of England’s most significant battles.
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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
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Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-25-2012, 03:11 PM
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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
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RE: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 12-20-2018, 11:55 AM

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