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)

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#Archaeology

#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 […]

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#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 […]

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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).
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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

#FolkloreSunday: `Behind the fortification of Cronk ny Merriu are the remains of a homestead. Originally believed to have been build in the #Celtic #IronAge it was later re-occupied during the Norse Period.
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Visiting the *Treasure Lost and Found* exhibition @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social and great to be welcomed by two women of the Durotriges 👋

#IronAge #Dorset #archaeology

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `The Braaid was an #IronAge roundhouse of about 16.5 m in diameter. Its shape is determined by massive stones that formed the outer perimeter. The double walls were made of stone with a filling of earth.
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#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `The Braaid was an #IronAge roundhouse of about 16.5 m in diameter. Its shape is determined by massive stones that formed the outer perimeter. The double walls were made of stone with a filling of earth. The roof consisted of turf sods […]

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Intramural Staircase at Carn Liath Broch #StaircaseSaturday #SaturdayStairs #DrystoneWalls #Brochs #IronAge #Sutherland #Photography