Iron Age Hillforts in Britain and Beyond
by Dennis Harding
Results Iron Age Hillforts in Britain and Beyond
Iron Age hillforts The Field ~ The swords of the Iron Age were long slashing weapons accompanied by shields of leather sometimes overlaid with bronze and spears Whether these weapons were ceremonial or practical is open to debate as is the level of violence prevalent in the Iron Age world
Hillfort Wikipedia ~ Nomenclature The terms hill fort hillfort and hillfort are all used in the archaeological literature They all refer to an elevated site with one or more ramparts made of earth stone andor wood with an external ditch Many small early hillforts were abandoned with the larger ones being redeveloped at a later date
Celtic Ireland in the Iron Age the Celts Wesley Johnston ~ The Arrival of the Celts As the Bronze Age in Ireland drew to a close there appeared in Ireland a new cultural influence Developing in the Alps of central Europe the Celts spread their culture across modernday Germany and France and into the Balkans as far as Turkey
Prehistoric Britain Wikipedia ~ Roman Britain Roman Scotland Roman Wales Protohistoric Ireland Roman Ireland SubRoman Britain
Native Tribes of Britain BBC ~ This map shows the approximate location of the major tribes who lived in Britain at the time of the Roman Conquest of Britain in the First Century AD
A Dictionary of Military Architecture Angelfire ~ Introduction In this dictionary I have attempted to provide a text which explains many of terms associated with fortifications which were used between the Iron Age and the 18th century
The Romans In Britain Integrated Archaeological Database ~ 4 Britain Becomes Roman The great Roman general Julius Caesar led the first Roman invasions of Britain in 55BC and 54BC but he did not stay to conquer the whole country
Mediaeval Cornwall Cornwall Heritage Trust ~ Mediaeval Cornwall 10661485 The Normans arrrive Introduction With the arrival of the Normans to the British mainland in 1066 the River Tamar became the agreed border
The Celtic Tribes English Monarchs ~ The Celtic Tribes The Atrebates The Atrebates share their name with a tribe in preRoman Gaul France Their territory in Britain originally stretched from what is now persent day West Sussex Hampshire and Berkshire
Current Issue Archaeology Magazine ~ The Maya Sense of Time As one Maya calendar reaches the end of a cycle we take a look at how an ancient people understood their place in the cosmos
