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BBC News - Iron Age human remains uncovered in the Cotswolds
Human remains dating from the Iron Age have been found during archaeological excavations in Gloucestershire. The skeleton was found at a nature reserve on the outskirts of Bourton-on-the-Water near Salmonsbury Camp, an ancient hill fort. The work also revealed what is thought to be a roundhouse and a series of pits that may have been used to store grain.
Finally, something to like about Bourton-on-the-Water (which has decent parts and is pretty and has some good restaurants, but is the tour bus destination for our area).
There are many Iron Age sites in the Cotswolds. You can see the remains of several Iron Age Hill Settlements on the edge of the Cotswold Escarpment (The Cotswold Way long distance trail goes by them). There are several Long Barrows along the escarpment - Belas Knap near Winchcombe is the best, but there are two smaller ones in the south Cotswolds near Uley.
Photos - Belas Knap Long Barrow, near Winchcombe
We like to walk in the Standish Woods above Stroud and there are ancient earthworks there. Plus remains of hillforts on the Painswick Beacon, Minchinhampton Commons, and other places I am forgetting.
I find it amazing to walk in these places, and live here, where people have been living since pre-historic times.
Human remains dating from the Iron Age have been found during archaeological excavations in Gloucestershire. The skeleton was found at a nature reserve on the outskirts of Bourton-on-the-Water near Salmonsbury Camp, an ancient hill fort. The work also revealed what is thought to be a roundhouse and a series of pits that may have been used to store grain.
Finally, something to like about Bourton-on-the-Water (which has decent parts and is pretty and has some good restaurants, but is the tour bus destination for our area).
There are many Iron Age sites in the Cotswolds. You can see the remains of several Iron Age Hill Settlements on the edge of the Cotswold Escarpment (The Cotswold Way long distance trail goes by them). There are several Long Barrows along the escarpment - Belas Knap near Winchcombe is the best, but there are two smaller ones in the south Cotswolds near Uley.
Photos - Belas Knap Long Barrow, near Winchcombe
We like to walk in the Standish Woods above Stroud and there are ancient earthworks there. Plus remains of hillforts on the Painswick Beacon, Minchinhampton Commons, and other places I am forgetting.
I find it amazing to walk in these places, and live here, where people have been living since pre-historic times.