Hembury
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Hembury is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure and Iron Age hillfort near Honiton in Devon. Its history stretches from the late fifth and early fourth millennia BC to the Roman invasion. The fort is situ
Ramparts inside Hembury hillfort
The development of Hembury from late Bronze Age/early Iron Age to the late Iron Age
3D view of the digital terrain model
Prehistoric Britain
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Several species of humans have intermittently occupied Great Britain for almost a million years. The earliest evidence of human occupation around 900,000 years ago is at Happisburgh on the Norfolk coa
Hembury
…occupation, suggesting a fort within the existing Iron Age site. The site has given its name to some of the earliest Neolithic pottery in southern Britain after a large collection of pieces of this type of pottery were found during excavations by Dorothy Liddell. Hembury ware pottery was generally…
Early stages of the formation of the English Channel, spanning from Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 25-21 (prior to 900,000 years ago) to the proglacial lake during the Anglian Glaciation (MIS 12 c. 480-430,000 years ago) to the situation during the following Hoxnian interglacial (MIS 11, c. 425-375,000 years ago)
Photos of the ~900,000 year old Happisburgh footprints, taken shortly before their destruction
Display of ovate handaxes from the Boxgrove site, dating to around 480,000 years ago
The Clacton spearhead, found near Clacton-on-sea, is the oldest known wooden weapon, at approximately 400,000 years old.