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David Crisp admitted to an undercover investigator that he had “ignored government edicts” on sanctions by selling £1,000-a-bottle “Boadicea the Victorious” perfume in Russia.

Although today the mound is still sometimes referred to as Boadicea’s Grave, such usage is knowing and ironic, a nod to the fact that the site is just one more place in which the ancient queen is wrongly rumored to be buried.

Years after his speculative, fruitless dig of Boadicea’s Grave, Read defended his specialty’s contribution to the common good.

For now, though, the sheep can be seen atop Boadicea’s Grave, contentedly and impassively chewing the cud—ignorant, in the manner of all sheep, of where they are to be herded next.

If the exploration were to prove successful, there was even talk of installing on the site an enormous bronze statue, designed by the sculptor Thomas Thornycroft, showing Boudica—or Boadicea, as she was then known—with her spear aloft, driving a chariot pulled by two rearing horses, a determined expression on her face.