05-20-2020, 08:42 AM
I saved the Sullivan and Kinsella webpage on Boudica in 2009. They wrote:
"The noted archaeologist Jack Lucas, currently excavating Tripontium, the Roman road station on Watling Street near Rugby, thinks Mancetter is an unlikely site. He argued with Webster, his friend and mentor that the Romans needed to secure reinforcements, supplies and communications from the rear. Lucas believes the battlefield was to the east of the Fosse Way. Webster privately admitted to Lucas that his identification of Mancetter was weak and was intended to provoke debate."
Regards, Steve Kaye
"The noted archaeologist Jack Lucas, currently excavating Tripontium, the Roman road station on Watling Street near Rugby, thinks Mancetter is an unlikely site. He argued with Webster, his friend and mentor that the Romans needed to secure reinforcements, supplies and communications from the rear. Lucas believes the battlefield was to the east of the Fosse Way. Webster privately admitted to Lucas that his identification of Mancetter was weak and was intended to provoke debate."
Regards, Steve Kaye