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English: Boudica's Way - to Trowse. This section of Boudica's Way leads through a pasture which is the site of Arminghall Henge > 1391553 - linking Lakenham with Trowse, further to the north. The yellow flowering plant seen in the foreground is Lady's Bedstraw (Galium verum) which can be found growing all over Europe. It flowers in July and August. The flowers are bright yellow. The plant has tiny hairlike roots of a reddish colour which are one of the very few natural sources which produce a scarlet crimson dye and these roots were hence much sought after. The Latin name of the plant derives from the Greek 'gala' and means 'milk' as it is one of the plant's properties to curdle milk (it also gave the cheese a bright yellow colour). It was also used as a medicinal tea and recommended for curing kidney stones, epilepsy and dropsy. Another use of Lady's Bedstraw was as suffing for mattresses. Boudica's Way is a 40-mile footpath that links Norwich and the market town of Diss on the Suffolk borders. The name Boudica (often spelled 'Boadicea', which was the Victorian version or 'Boudicca', used by Tacitus) derives from the Celtic 'bouda' which means victory. Boudica was the wife of the Icenian king Prasutagus. When he died his kingdom was annexed by the Romans, Boudica was flogged and her daughters raped. In AD 60 or 61 Boudica led the Iceni, along with others, in revolt. They destroyed Camulodunum (Colchester) and the site of a temple to the former emperor Claudius. Boudica was defeated in the end and is reported by Tacitus to have poisoned herself. The site where she is buried is unknown.
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Camera location52° 36′ 21″ N, 1° 18′ 18″ E  Heading=45° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Object location52° 36′ 24″ N, 1° 18′ 23″ E  Heading=45° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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