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Iron Age

Aerial view of Dover Castle

Explore Explore Dover Castle: Britain’s first line of defence

St Fagans Castle and gardens

A visit to St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff

Ivinghoe Brecon. (Image by Alamy)

The landscape of England

An aerial image of Maiden Castle, site of Britain's largest hillfort. (Photo by Robert Harding/Getty Images)

History explorer: life in the Iron Age

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8 facts about Old Sarum – an Iron Age fort, Roman settlement and medieval city

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Iron Age fort and Bronze Age burial mounds uncovered in New Forest

Iron Age Gold Torcs - Seen here: The Two Gold Torcs which have been declared the first Iron Age gold jewellery ever found in the north of England.
Dating back to 100BC-70BC, the bracelets made entirely of gold would have at one time been worn by someone of immense wealth, possibly royalty, were found in a stream near Towton, North Yorkshire, by metal detectorists in 2010 and 2011...and will be on temporary show at The Yorkshire Museum in York, from today (21 Nov 2011) until 31 January 2012. The Museum now has to raise £60,000 to make sure they stay in Yorkshire.
For Further Info: Lee Clark/YMT PO - 07730 642920

Bid to keep 2,000-year-old Iron Age bracelet in Yorkshire