Who lived and worked at a hill fort? What did Iron Age people believe? Activities Inside the hill forts, people lived in round houses. These were simple one-roomed homes with a pointed thatched ...

Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women Date: January 15, 2025 Source: Trinity College Dublin Summary: A groundbreaking study finds evidence that land was inherited through the ...

Around 2,000 years ago, before the Roman Empire conquered Great Britain, women were at the very front and center of Iron Age society. Researchers have sequenced the genomes of around 50 Celtic Britons ...

An American billionaire’s plans for a new Cotswolds country house have encountered an obstacle with the potential presence of an Iron Age fort. Ronald Burkle, a businessman who co-founded the ...

Celtic women’s social and political standing in Iron Age England has received a genetic lift. DNA clues indicate that around 2,000 years ago, married women in a Celtic society, known as ...

Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that women were closely ... detected the opposite pattern — women leaving their homes to join their husband's family group — in other ...

A new DNA-based study challenges the conventional understanding that Iron Age Britain society was dominated by men. An international team of geneticists and archaeologists, led by Trinity College ...

An American billionaire businessman could see his plans for a new 'monstrosity' mansion scuppered over an Iron Age fort. Ronald Burkle, who owns celebrity hotspot Soho House, wants to build the ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin say that Britain's Iron Age society centred on women ... with extended families. The standard house was a roundhouse, made of timber or stone with ...

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Iron Age cemeteries with well-preserved burials are rare in Britain. Dorset is an exception, due to the unique burial customs of the people who lived there, named as the “Durotriges” by the ...

“There is potential for features related to a possible Iron Age multi-vallate hillfort to exist on the site with the possible hillfort located at The Manor House, Little Tew, 720 metres ...