Image caption, Sheep are helping too - munching on bracken ... carving out deep grooves into the Iron Age earthworks. Old Oswestry is a scheduled monument, a site protected by law for its ...

Aside from these finds, analysis of the sheep remains provided a window into ... "The complex economy indicates an Iron Age society adapted to their environment and taking advantage of their ...

The Melsonby Hoard, hidden for nearly two millennia until its discovery near the village of Melsonby, North Yorkshire, in the middle of the 1st century, consists of over 800 artefacts. These include ...

Throughout the Iron Age there is evidence for extensive networks of fields associated with small farming settlements. A mixed farming economy is suggested by cattle, sheep and pig remains and the ...

An Iron Age hillfort has been targeted by vandals who have dug firepits, ridden mountain bikes over it and ripped gates off their hinges. English Heritage said it was a criminal offence to cause ...

A "once-in-a-lifetime" hoard of Iron Age artefacts has been uncovered by archaeologists. Dubbed the Melsonby hoard, more than 800 items were discovered by metal detectorist Peter Heads in 2021 in ...