Burrough Hill
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Burrough Hill is an Iron Age hillfort in Burrough on the Hill, 7 miles south of Melton Mowbray in the English county of Leicestershire. Situated on a promontory about 210 metres above sea level, the s
The main entrance to the hillfort
A reconstructed roundhouse at Flag Fen near Peterborough may represent how the roundhouses at Burrough Hill appeared.
A lidar view of the hillfort.
Medieval ridge and furrow cut through by archaeological excavations. The soil is orange/brown.
British Iron Age
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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
Burrough Hill
…Burrough Hill is an Iron Age hillfort in Burrough on the Hill, 7 miles (11 km) south of Melton Mowbray in the English county of Leicestershire. Situated on a promontory about 210…
The Battersea Shield, 4th–1st centuries BC
Maiden Castle, Dorset, is one of the largest hill forts in Europe.
The Snettisham Torc
Helmet decoration