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The Battersea Shield, c. 350–50 BC. The British Iron Age is a conventional name used in the archaeology of Great Britain, referring to the prehistoric and protohistoric phases of the Iron Age culture of the main island and the smaller islands, typically excluding prehistoric Ireland, which had an independent Iron Age culture of its own.
Wetwang Slack is an Iron Age archaeological site containing remains of the Arras culture and chariot burial tradition of East Yorkshire. Archaeological investigation took place in 2001 and 2002. Archaeological investigation took place in 2001 and 2002.
The Pocklington Iron Age burial ground is a prehistoric cemetery discovered in 2014 on the outskirts of Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.Excavations carried out on an ongoing basis since then, have uncovered more than 160 skeletons and more than 70 square barrows thought to date to the Middle Iron Age that are attributed to the Arras culture, an ancient British culture of ...
With the skeleton was a long iron sword, bronze fittings for a scabbard and belt, a bronze brooch studded with coral, and bronze fittings for a large shield. The quality of these finds suggests the grave was a high status burial, as swords were an expensive item available only to the aristocracy and their retainers, and the wealthier freemen.
The handle guard was made of horn, and the handle itself is an iron tube decorated with glass enamelling. Also found 11 meters away was a chariot burial containing a mail shirt, a rare find in Iron Age Britain. The mail shirt was of butted construction, with two mail shoulder flaps attached to a bronze central clasp.
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LONDON — Experts puzzling over the remains of an ancient warrior found in a 2,000-year-old grave off the coast of Britain have concluded ... for a woman in warfare on Iron Age Scilly," said ...
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of Roman, Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements in Essex, southern England, in findings described as “incredibly fascinating.”