Did someone say #IronAge? Sláinte! 🍺

Did someone say #IronAge? Sláinte! 🍺
Rest in Peace Rena Maguire. Remember it's NOT 'Horse Tack'! #ironage #horse #archaeology
Ran our of chars but the Historic England Heritage Gateway can be found here: historicengland.org.uk/listing/heri...
Trivia of the day (checking a reference in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle) Cwicelmeshlæwe: Cuckhamsley Hill, Scutchamer Knob, Scotsman’s Knob [snigger] or Beacon Hill is an Iron Age barrow in Oxfordshire, where viking raiding armies paused in 1006 #medievalsky #archaeology #ironage
Danebury Hillfort, near Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England; courtesy of Mike Faherty. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology
FYI: Ancient DNA shows domesticated grapevines reached southern Iberia by 1000 BC #AncientDNA #Grapevines #Iberia #IronAge #WineHistory
2,300-year-old iron find remains off limits to public #archaeology #IronAge #UpperAustria
📣 New Podcast! "“Queering Prehistory” with S. K. Marley" on @Spreaker #archaeology #bronzeage #goddolly #headdress #ironage #nonbinaryhistory #nonbinarynature #prehistoric #prehistory #queerecology #queerhistory #queeringprehistory #queerlandscape #queernature #queerwalking #transecology
In Upper Austria, a large number of rusted iron objects were discovered during gravel extraction work in 2019. As research by the University of Innsbruck shows, the artifacts date from 300 to 100 B.C. - the largest mass discovery of #prehistoric #ironingots in Europe. #archeology #ironage
Researchers date Europe’s largest prehistoric iron hoard to 2,000 years ago #archaeology #IronAge #UpperAustria
Death in Paradise
Discussing ritual murder in the British #IronAge with Tristan Hughes #TheAncients Podcast for #HistoryHit
Warning: Contains detail that may be incompatible with Sunday lunch
Watch / listen on YouTube (or wherever you get your podcasts)
#HillfortsWednesday #Celtic: `#IronAge people settled on St. Catherine's Hill on the outskirts of Winchester in Hampshire over 2500 years ago. Lured by its steep slopes, and panoramic views, they built a fort on its summit. They hoarded grain within its walls […]
#HillfortsWednesday #Celtic: `#IronAge people settled on St. Catherine's Hill on the outskirts of Winchester in Hampshire over 2500 years ago. Lured by its steep slopes, and panoramic views, they built a fort on its summit.
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#HillfortsWednesday #Celtic: `Warbstow Bury is an #IronAge hillfort about 0.80 km west of the village of Warbstow and one of the largest earthworks in #Cornwall. It is an oval enclosure, area about 7.5 hectares (19 acres). There are two concentric ramparts and […]
#HillfortsWednesday #Celtic: `Warbstow Bury is an #IronAge hillfort about 0.80 km west of the village of Warbstow and one of the largest earthworks in #Cornwall. It is an oval enclosure, area about 7.5 hectares (19 acres).
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Brough Law Hillfort, near Greensidehill, Northumberland, courtesy of Russel Wills. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology
Burroughston Broch #Shapinsay
#IronAge #Orkney
A fascinating Island
Visiting the *Treasure Lost and Found* exhibition @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social and great to be welcomed by two women of the Durotriges 👋