The shield also featured sturdy leather and wood fittings on the back which had rotted away and a scalloped border incomparable to any other Iron Age find across Europe. The shield is thus quite a ...

The Battersea shield was found in the River Thames ... offerings have been found in British lakes, rivers and bogs. Iron Age people developed some very useful tools to help them in their daily ...

The style of the woolen cloak in which she was wrapped dates this woman to the late 16th century, distinguishing her from the more common Iron Age bog bodies. She was in her late 20s or early 30s ...

This is the conclusion of an international team of researchers who used isotope analysis to determine whether the Iron Age skulls were of locals (and therefore being venerated in death ...

The age marks a period when societies began using and producing iron widely, making tools, weapons and infrastructure. Parth R Chauhan, a professor of archaeology at the Indian Institute of ...

Volunteers have been helping restore an Iron Age hillfort, which was recently damaged by vandals. The Oswestry team spent a day clearing bracken and tree stumps to help preserve Old Oswestry's ...