Britain

Guide: Parliamentary-walls and the Northern Enclosures

Between the mid-18th and late-19th centuries the British Parliament passed almost 5,000 local “Inclosure Acts.” Each Act authorised a team…

15 hours ago

Hillforts: Defence or Ritual? – Part 1

Over the last five years Iron-Age specialists have been re-examining what British hillforts were really for. The question is no…

2 months ago

Brigantes Tribe

The name Brigantia represents three separate concepts: a goddess, a people, and a tribal federation. By the Roman period, the…

2 months ago

Coverdale: Nathwaite Bridge river crossing points

Nathwaite Bridge, over the river Cover in Coverdale, is just about the only way any heavy traffic can easily cross…

3 months ago

L’enigme des forts vitrifies

C'est lors d'un voyage en Ecosse, au cours de l'été 1997, que nous avons entendu parler pour la première fois…

10 years ago

Mystery of Vitrified Forts

It was during a trip to.Scotland, in the Summer of 1997, that I first heard of vitrified hillforts. It was…

10 years ago