British Iron Age
Period of British prehistory, from c. 800 BC until the Roman occupation
British Iron Age
The Iron Age in Great Britain spanned from c. 800 BC until the Roman period in the 1st century AD. It followed the British Bronze Age and was marked by the use of iron for tools and weapons. The Iron Age saw the adoption of some elements of the Hallstatt and La Tène material cultures from mainland Europe, a marked increase in the building of hillforts, and the emergence of brochs in Iron Age Scotland. The British Iron Age excludes prehistoric Ireland, which had its own Iron Age cultures. The protohistory of Britain begins during the late Iron Age. The earliest known account was by Greek geographer Pytheas, (c. 320 BC), who refers to the island as Albion, one of the Pretannikai nesoi (Pretannic isles), and describes its inhabitants as Keltoi (Celts). Most of the Iron Age inhabitants of Britain were Insular Celts and are referred to as Celtic Britons, as they spoke Celtic languages and had broadly Celtic cultural traits. The Britons, speakers of Common Brittonic, were made up of many tribes...
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