Resources
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from websites focused on history, culture and travel to/within Britain and Ireland.
General
Magazine of the Council for British Archaeology. Full text is available
free online some two months after publication. All older issues are archived
and available online with search facility. Well-written and authoritative.
Not overly academic. Subscription for paper issues very reasonable.
Privately produced to a high standard of production and readability.
Some idiosyncratic opinions but generally well-balanced. Only highlights
and contents available online. Subscription for paper issues very good
value.
Good history forum with intelligent discussion, news items and history quiz.
Iron Age
The Roman period overlaps with the Celtic Iron Age. Iron Age sites and
practices continued in use well after the Romans left.
This is the internet site for the fabulous Butser Ancient Farm in Hampshire.
A must for any archaeologically-inclined visitor (or resident) in the south
of England. This is not a theme park - it is a serious experimental archaeology
site - but great fun to visit. Join the Friends of Butser at a ridiculously
cheap rate to support their work.
Magic Orcadian island with the oldest house in North West Europe, Neolithic tombs and a Pictish
town disintegrating into the sea in front of you under St Boniface Kirk - oh and and a medieval chapel ruin built on
a broch in the loch.
Useful discussion of the 'Celts' by a well-known archaeologist
Roman occupation
Fortresses, forts, watchtowers, temporary camps, depots and industrial sites, built over 400 years, with
photographs and other background material on the Army and the military history of
Britannia.
The Gask Ridge frontier system is the earliest Roman land frontier in Britain, built in the 80's AD, 40 years
before Hadrian's Wall and 60 years before the Antonine Wall.
Overviews
A Reconstruction by Howard Wiseman. Rational account and chronology based on documented sources.
This is on Internet Archaeologyand
you may need to register before you gain access. A detailed listing of
significant archaeological sites.
Online journal of early medieval northwest Europe
Dark Age Kingdoms
Archaelogical fieldwork at Bamborough, Northumberland.
David Ford's site on the period. One of the best - now part of Britannia.com
Picts
A site dedicated to the Picts.
Massive links page to other Pictish sites from the same source.
Welsh sources
Welsh Historic Monuments Executive Agency - Cadw's mission is to protect, conserve, and
to promote an appreciation of the built heritage of Wales.
Claims to be the best source on the web for medieval Welsh poetry
(with translations), including early - dark age - material.
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