About Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. The concept has been mostly applied to Europe and the Ancient Near East, and, by analogy, also to other parts of the Old World.
'Remarkable' 1,400-year-old possible temple found near Sutton Hoo
... They also identified evidence of 7th Century metal working, two graves of an unknown date and evidence of earlier settlement and activity from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman periods...
Wales' new national park: Plan to create country's fourth
... is described on the area s website as " a remarkable chain of heather-clad peaks crowned with Iron Age hillforts" including hiking hotspot Moel Famau...
Extreme weather 'biggest threat' to UK heritage
... At the Iron Age hill fort Dinas Dinlle on Wales Gwynedd coast, erosion made worse by heavy rainfall in recent years is destroying the site, with many parts already lost to the sea...
Wales' Indiana Jones searching for lost mines in hills
... " It s very much like an Indiana Jones film, " said Ioan, who has uncovered ancient objects, some dating back to the Iron Age...
Roman coins find in Buckinghamshire declared treasure
... Metal detecting and the lawDr Eleanor Ghey, curator of Iron Age and Roman coin hoards at the British Musuem, said finds like this helped " understand the bigger picture of Roman occupation on a national and local level"...
We are building an Iron Age village by hand
...By Elizabeth QuigleyBBC Scotland newsNellie Wilson works part-time weaving together hazel branches to build the walls and roof of a replica Iron Age roundhouse...
WW2 aerial photos opened to public for first time
... They also captured ancient monuments surrounded by anti-tank defences in West Sussex, such as Cissbury Ring Iron Age hillfort in Worthing where ditches and concrete cubes can be seen laid out to impede an enemy advance...
Isles of Scilly Iron Age warrior was probably a woman
...By Brodie OwenBBC NewsA decades-long mystery over whether an Iron Age warrior who lived on the Isles of Scilly was a man or woman has been solved...
WW2 aerial photos opened to public for first time
A Collection of photographs taken during World War Two have been opened to The Public for the First Time .
The Aerial images were taken by the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) Photographic Reconnaissance units while stationed at bases across England in 1943 and 1944.
The 3,600 photographs offer a birds-eye view of the country as it changed during The War .
This includes bomb damage to towns and cities as well as Old Trafford football stadium in Greater Manchester .
Damage to the main stand of the Salford football ground can be seen in the photo, after it was hit in a bombing raid in March 1941.
The home of Manchester United was not used again for football until 1949.
They also captured ancient monuments surrounded by anti-tank defences in West Sussex , such as Cissbury Ring Iron Age hillfort in Worthing where ditches and concrete cubes can be seen laid out to impede an enemy advance.
There is also a low-level photograph showing part of a US Army camp in Wiltshire which shows firing ranges in the foreground while troops play a game of baseball in a recreation field in The Top left of The Image .
The Collection has been made available to The Public for the First Time in an online, searchable map on the Historic England Archive.
Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England , said The Collection recorded " changes taking place in England" as well as " capturing fascinating incidental detail, like American troops playing baseball".
" Our collection of USAAF wartime photographs were taken in England by the pilots and aircraft of squadrons that provided intelligence for the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany , " He Said .
" This came at a cost, with many pilots killed in The Line of duty.
" We Are making these images available to The Public for the First Time online, giving people access to this remarkable collection of historic photographs. "
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