Boudicca’s Grave

Nearest town:
Diss (12km E)
OS reference:
TL991818
OS sheet:
144
Latitude:
52° 23' 50.98 N
Longitude:
0° 55' 36.45 E
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Images

Image of Boudicca’s Grave (Round Barrow(s)) by markj99

Summit of Boudicca’s Grave (Diss) viewed from N.

Image credit: Mark Johnstone
markj99
markj99 Jun 21, 2022
Image of Boudicca’s Grave (Round Barrow(s)) by ruskus

The barrow’s trees were cut down earlier this year. Somehow it’s lost a bit of character/drama/mystique now it’s ‘bald’.

Image credit: ruskus
ruskus
ruskus Jun 19, 2014
Image of Boudicca’s Grave (Round Barrow(s)) by ruskus

Looking west over the barrow. Surrounding ditch is visible, especially on the south (left of pic). The field in the background dips into the Devil’s Ditch, with the ruins of Gasthorpe Church beyond the line of trees.

Image credit: ruskus
ruskus
ruskus Apr 8, 2013
Image of Boudicca’s Grave (Round Barrow(s)) by ruskus

Approaching the barrow from the nearby layby, on the Diss to Thetford road.

Image credit: ruskus
ruskus
ruskus Apr 8, 2013

Articles

Boudicca’s Grave

ruskus
ruskus Apr 8, 2013

I don’t know whether Boudicca rests here, or one of the more famous sites claimed, but I would like to believe so.

There are several barrows around here on the Norfolk/Suffolk border (including the nearby Soldier’s Hill – another reckoned Boudicca site..), and this is my favourite.

It is close to home, and it is easily visible from the passing car heading along the Diss to Thetford road. When driving past you sweep down into the dip of the Devil’s Ditch, which gives the area an enclosed feel, and highlights the enigmatic barrow which juts out from the nearby trees of Home Covert, on Garboldisham Heath.

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