[00:01.557] | The mainland too, of course, had its burial chambers, like the long barrow at West Kennet. |
[00:17.362] | And there were also the great stone circles. |
[00:20.270] | The largest at Avebury,but the most spectacular of all at Stonehenge. |
[00:35.820] | By 1,000 BC, things were changing fast. |
[00:39.551] | All over the British landscape, a protracted struggle for good land was taking place. |
[00:45.254] | Forests were cleared so that Iron Age Britain was not, as was once romantically imagined. |
[00:51.179] | An unbroken forest kingdom stretching from Cornwall to Inverness. |
[00:56.509] | It was rather a patchwork of open fields, dotted here and there with woodland copses giving cover for game, especially wild pigs. |
[01:07.621] | And it was a crowded island. |
[01:09.965] | We now think that as many people lived on this land as during the reign of Elizabeth 2,500 years later. |
[01:18.777] | Some archaeologists believe that almost as much land was being farmed in the Iron Age as in 1914. |
[01:31.421] | So it comes no surprise to see one spectacular difference from the little world of Skara Brae, great windowless towers. |
[01:40.845] | They were built in the centuries before the Roman invasions. |
[01:43.839] | When population pressure was at its most intense and farmers had growing need of protection. |
[01:50.630] | First from the elements, but later from each other. |
[00:01.557] | The mainland too, of course, had its burial chambers, like the long barrow at West Kennet. |
[00:17.362] | And there were also the great stone circles. |
[00:20.270] | The largest at Avebury, but the most spectacular of all at Stonehenge. |
[00:35.820] | By 1, 000 BC, things were changing fast. |
[00:39.551] | All over the British landscape, a protracted struggle for good land was taking place. |
[00:45.254] | Forests were cleared so that Iron Age Britain was not, as was once romantically imagined. |
[00:51.179] | An unbroken forest kingdom stretching from Cornwall to Inverness. |
[00:56.509] | It was rather a patchwork of open fields, dotted here and there with woodland copses giving cover for game, especially wild pigs. |
[01:07.621] | And it was a crowded island. |
[01:09.965] | We now think that as many people lived on this land as during the reign of Elizabeth 2, 500 years later. |
[01:18.777] | Some archaeologists believe that almost as much land was being farmed in the Iron Age as in 1914. |
[01:31.421] | So it comes no surprise to see one spectacular difference from the little world of Skara Brae, great windowless towers. |
[01:40.845] | They were built in the centuries before the Roman invasions. |
[01:43.839] | When population pressure was at its most intense and farmers had growing need of protection. |
[01:50.630] | First from the elements, but later from each other. |
[00:01.557] | The mainland too, of course, had its burial chambers, like the long barrow at West Kennet. |
[00:17.362] | And there were also the great stone circles. |
[00:20.270] | The largest at Avebury, but the most spectacular of all at Stonehenge. |
[00:35.820] | By 1, 000 BC, things were changing fast. |
[00:39.551] | All over the British landscape, a protracted struggle for good land was taking place. |
[00:45.254] | Forests were cleared so that Iron Age Britain was not, as was once romantically imagined. |
[00:51.179] | An unbroken forest kingdom stretching from Cornwall to Inverness. |
[00:56.509] | It was rather a patchwork of open fields, dotted here and there with woodland copses giving cover for game, especially wild pigs. |
[01:07.621] | And it was a crowded island. |
[01:09.965] | We now think that as many people lived on this land as during the reign of Elizabeth 2, 500 years later. |
[01:18.777] | Some archaeologists believe that almost as much land was being farmed in the Iron Age as in 1914. |
[01:31.421] | So it comes no surprise to see one spectacular difference from the little world of Skara Brae, great windowless towers. |
[01:40.845] | They were built in the centuries before the Roman invasions. |
[01:43.839] | When population pressure was at its most intense and farmers had growing need of protection. |
[01:50.630] | First from the elements, but later from each other. |