Tag Archives: Iron Age

Banquets and Battles

Posted on November 25, 2008 by admin

For our July meeting we joined forces with the YAC groups from North Wiltshire and Southampton for a day at Danebury Hillfort. It was quite a spectacular scene – some people had gone to a lot of trouble with their costumes. … Continue reading →

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Dressed for Danebury

Posted on May 15, 2006 by admin

This month at YAC members took at trip back in time. Dressed as Iron Age people they went to Danebury hillfort to see what Iron Age life would have been like. On arrival the “tribe” marched up onto the ramparts, … Continue reading →

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Iron Age Antics

Posted on April 15, 2006 by admin

This month at YAC members visited the Museum of the Iron Age in Andover. They were set challenges to find out more about what life was like in an Iron Age Hillfort! They saw lots of artefacts that archaeologists had … Continue reading →

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Surveying Old Sarum

Posted on May 15, 2005 by admin

This month YAC members all met up at Old Sarum. The theme for this session was surveying – what can archaeologists learn about a site without doing any digging?? Members had a go at two different surveying activities: standing building … Continue reading →

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Iron Age activities and Roman replicas

Posted on February 15, 2005 by admin

This month’s YAC session looked at daily life in the Iron Age and the Roman invasion. Members were set the task of identifying a series of jobs that Iron Age people would have done. Then they had to work out … Continue reading →

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