Iron Age

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

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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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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