March 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Dunstanburgh Castle stands on an earlier IronAge promontory fort. #HillfortsWednesday
November 13, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Dunstanburgh Castle stands on an earlier IronAge promontory fort. #HillfortsWednesday
The remains of Culswick Broch at Sandsting in Shetland. 📸 My own. #CulswickBroch #IronAge #Archaeology #Shetland
June 6, 2026 at 6:29 AM
The remains of Culswick Broch at Sandsting in Shetland. 📸 My own. #CulswickBroch #IronAge #Archaeology #Shetland
For #HillfortsWednesday a good aerial view of Mam Tor in the Derbyshire Peak District showing the layout of some of the defensive earthworks courtesy of William Hook. #Archaeolgy #IronAge #Hillfort
September 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
For #HillfortsWednesday a good aerial view of Mam Tor in the Derbyshire Peak District showing the layout of some of the defensive earthworks courtesy of William Hook. #Archaeolgy #IronAge #Hillfort
September 13, 2026 at 10:05 PM
The ramparts of Hod Hill Hillfort, near Blandford Forum in Dorset. The fort is one of the largest Iron Age hillforts in the county. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #HodHill #IronAge #Archaeology #Dorset
September 30, 2026 at 5:56 AM
The ramparts of Hod Hill Hillfort, near Blandford Forum in Dorset. The fort is one of the largest Iron Age hillforts in the county. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #HodHill #IronAge #Archaeology #Dorset
Sunny afternoon in the #ironage enclosure @butserancientfarm.co.uk
May 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Sunny afternoon in the #ironage enclosure @butserancientfarm.co.uk
Winterborne Kingston, Wetwang and where else we wonder?
#IronAge #Archaeology #Matrilineal #Matrilocal #Matriarchy
#IronAge #Archaeology #Matrilineal #Matrilocal #Matriarchy
Descent passed from mother to daughter rather than from father to son, a study of more than 500 Iron Age individuals from north-east England suggests
DNA reveals a society organised around women in pre-Roman Britain | New Scientist
Descent passed from mother to daughter rather than from father to son, a study of more than 500 Iron Age individuals from north-east England suggests
www.newscientist.com
August 15, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Winterborne Kingston, Wetwang and where else we wonder?
#IronAge #Archaeology #Matrilineal #Matrilocal #Matriarchy
#IronAge #Archaeology #Matrilineal #Matrilocal #Matriarchy
Don't know what the plural of carnyx is (carnyxeses?), but we've just spotted three of them all honking at once
#ButserBeltain @butserancientfarm.co.uk #IronAge
#ButserBeltain @butserancientfarm.co.uk #IronAge
May 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Don't know what the plural of carnyx is (carnyxeses?), but we've just spotted three of them all honking at once
#ButserBeltain @butserancientfarm.co.uk #IronAge
#ButserBeltain @butserancientfarm.co.uk #IronAge
June 11, 2026 at 8:39 AM
May 24, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Caesar's Camp, Sandy, Bedfordshire; courtesy of orangeaurochs. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology
May 27, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Caesar's Camp, Sandy, Bedfordshire; courtesy of orangeaurochs. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology
Danebury Hillfort, near Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England; courtesy of Mike Faherty. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology
September 23, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Danebury Hillfort, near Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England; courtesy of Mike Faherty. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology
Did someone say #IronAge? Sláinte! 🍺
A Late Iron Age, Black Burnished Ware pottery tankard
📷 Sept 2026
Found as a grave accessory at Wynford Eagle and now in Dorset Museum
It would have originally held just over 4 pints - cheers 🍻
#FindsFriday #FridayFeeling
📷 Sept 2026
Found as a grave accessory at Wynford Eagle and now in Dorset Museum
It would have originally held just over 4 pints - cheers 🍻
#FindsFriday #FridayFeeling
September 25, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Did someone say #IronAge? Sláinte! 🍺
The Wandsworth Shield - an Iron Age shield dating to the 2nd century BC. It was found while dredging the River Thames at Wandsworth in South London during the first half of the 19th century. Now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #IronAge
March 20, 2026 at 7:20 AM
The Wandsworth Shield - an Iron Age shield dating to the 2nd century BC. It was found while dredging the River Thames at Wandsworth in South London during the first half of the 19th century. Now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #IronAge
Home is where the hearth is
Stepping briefly back into the Iron Age at Hengistbury Head on the #Hampshire (Atrebates) / #Dorset (Durotriges) border
#IronAge #Roundhouse #Archaeology #Archeology
Stepping briefly back into the Iron Age at Hengistbury Head on the #Hampshire (Atrebates) / #Dorset (Durotriges) border
#IronAge #Roundhouse #Archaeology #Archeology
March 15, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Home is where the hearth is
Stepping briefly back into the Iron Age at Hengistbury Head on the #Hampshire (Atrebates) / #Dorset (Durotriges) border
#IronAge #Roundhouse #Archaeology #Archeology
Stepping briefly back into the Iron Age at Hengistbury Head on the #Hampshire (Atrebates) / #Dorset (Durotriges) border
#IronAge #Roundhouse #Archaeology #Archeology
Looking up at the Iron Age Hillfort on Earl's Hill, Pontesbury, near Oaks, Shropshire; courtesy of Bill Harrison. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology
September 30, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Looking up at the Iron Age Hillfort on Earl's Hill, Pontesbury, near Oaks, Shropshire; courtesy of Bill Harrison. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology
The Ballachulish figure which was discovered in a bog at Ballachulish in Inverness-shire. The figure dates to the Iron Age, and was possibly a goddess. Now part of the collections at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #IronAge #Ballachulish
September 30, 2026 at 5:56 AM
The Ballachulish figure which was discovered in a bog at Ballachulish in Inverness-shire. The figure dates to the Iron Age, and was possibly a goddess. Now part of the collections at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #IronAge #Ballachulish
June 10, 2026 at 9:59 AM
It's beginning to look a lot like #Durotriges25 🤩
Preparations for this season's fieldwork are now underway
See you all soon!!
#IronAge #Archaeology #Dorset
Preparations for this season's fieldwork are now underway
See you all soon!!
#IronAge #Archaeology #Dorset
March 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
It's beginning to look a lot like #Durotriges25 🤩
Preparations for this season's fieldwork are now underway
See you all soon!!
#IronAge #Archaeology #Dorset
Preparations for this season's fieldwork are now underway
See you all soon!!
#IronAge #Archaeology #Dorset
Brough Law Hillfort, near Greensidehill, Northumberland, courtesy of Russel Wills. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology
September 16, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Brough Law Hillfort, near Greensidehill, Northumberland, courtesy of Russel Wills. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology
A view from Uffington Castle - a large Iron Age Hillfort that occupies the summit of Whitehorse Hill in Oxfordshire. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Oxfordshire
September 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
A view from Uffington Castle - a large Iron Age Hillfort that occupies the summit of Whitehorse Hill in Oxfordshire. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Oxfordshire
Raking shadows thrown by low sun emphasise the terraced banks of an extensive IronAge/#RomanoBritish field system on the steep N-facing slopes of Burderop Down, Wilts. ... AND the ditches of a #medieval sheepfold that cut across them.
📷 historicengland.org.uk/education/sc...
📷 historicengland.org.uk/education/sc...
April 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Raking shadows thrown by low sun emphasise the terraced banks of an extensive IronAge/#RomanoBritish field system on the steep N-facing slopes of Burderop Down, Wilts. ... AND the ditches of a #medieval sheepfold that cut across them.
📷 historicengland.org.uk/education/sc...
📷 historicengland.org.uk/education/sc...
The Iron Age ‘Battersea Shield’ which was found in the River Thames at Battersea in 1857. Dating to around 350-50 BC, the shield is now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #BatterseaShield #IronAge
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The Iron Age ‘Battersea Shield’ which was found in the River Thames at Battersea in 1857. Dating to around 350-50 BC, the shield is now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #BatterseaShield #IronAge