Location: England

West Yorkshire

← World Heritage Castle Hill, Almondbury Castle Hill’s imposing silhouette hides a great prehistoric fort, Norman castle and Victorian tower. Thanks to Varley’s trenches and the Read more North Yorkshire The County of North Yorkshire is a small part of what was once a much larger collection of tribes in Read more Maiden Castle Fort …

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Castle Hill, Almondbury

Castle Hill, Huddersfield

Castle Hill’s imposing silhouette hides a great prehistoric fort, Norman castle and Victorian tower. Thanks to Varley’s trenches and the 1995 RCHME survey we have a solid structural framework, yet key chronological pins, remain to be driven. It is therefore both a celebrated landmark for Huddersfield and a live research asset for Iron-Age, and medieval research.

The Vitrified Forts of the British Isles and Europe

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This page is the “collection centre” for our research into vitrified forts, covering the area largely known as the British Isles.

Roman Military sites in Northern England

Celtic Heads Celtic Head from Witham, 2nd c B.C. (British Museum) “Celtic” carved heads are found throughout the Read more Timeline 60BC – 138AD This timeline is focussed on the British Celtic culture and those cultures which had influence on the British Celts. It Read more Heads at St Michael, Kirklington An analysis of head …

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Roman Military sites in Central Britain

English names, Roman names where known, four figure map reference, site type, size, and history, including garrisons and associated military units.

Roman Sites in Southern Britain

Cerialis Petillius

English names, Roman names where known, four figure map reference, site type, size, and history, including garrisons and associated military units.

Background – The Celts

The Celts (Greek ‘Keltoi’) were an Indo-European people originating in the Alps. Their first known territory was in Central Europe around 1200 BC in the upper Danube, the Alps and parts of France and southern Germany.

Roman References

Gask Ridge Map

This page holds a collection of research documents covering the Roman Celtic World, Mainly, it holds maps, and is looking forward to further development in future.

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