25th July 2008, 08:48 AM
At this point I must wade in,in Mark's defence.
You see,there was once an excavation of a roman settlement at Sapperton which showed evidence of "much burning",now the name Sapperton could be a corruption of "the place of the Sappers"-which could indicate a place where explosives (as mentioned in tues prog) were being made.That said,this place would have then been a prime target for the Boudican revolt!
The place might also have been the one mentioned by an unnamed roman general in a now lost (wrote 15 years ago and lost 10 years ago,and is now only remembered in oral tradition) biography.
All you need is a leap of faith (maybe several leaps while blind-folded) and a little imagination.
Oh yes, and a couple of bottles of wine to come up with such explanations!
This post can be read to the theme tune of either the X-files or Jackanory,as Mulder said "the tooth is out there".
You see,there was once an excavation of a roman settlement at Sapperton which showed evidence of "much burning",now the name Sapperton could be a corruption of "the place of the Sappers"-which could indicate a place where explosives (as mentioned in tues prog) were being made.That said,this place would have then been a prime target for the Boudican revolt!
The place might also have been the one mentioned by an unnamed roman general in a now lost (wrote 15 years ago and lost 10 years ago,and is now only remembered in oral tradition) biography.
All you need is a leap of faith (maybe several leaps while blind-folded) and a little imagination.
Oh yes, and a couple of bottles of wine to come up with such explanations!
This post can be read to the theme tune of either the X-files or Jackanory,as Mulder said "the tooth is out there".