Iron Age

Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors: A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials

General prehistory

Alice Roberts “Graves are like time capsules – little microcosms of prehistoric culture"

Aerial view reconstruction drawing of Maiden Castle

A brief guide to the British Iron Age

Gwrych Castle in Abergele, North Wales

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Iron Age bronze head

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This is the famous Rhynie Man carved stone, thought to be Pictish in date. (Photo by © Aberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service: www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/archaeology)

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Old Norse: Page from the manuscript Codex Regius, which was written in Iceland and contains the poems of elder Edda. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

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Aerial view of Dover Castle

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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)

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