[00:03.076] | Many of those towers still survive, though none are as daunting as the great stone stockade on Arran, off Ireland's west coast. |
[00:16.481] | And they didn't just spring up around the edges of the British islands, all over the mainland, too. |
[00:23.079] | The great hill forts of the Iron Age remain visible in terraced contours at places like Danebury and Maiden Castle. |
[00:30.248] | Lofty seats of power for the tribal chiefs, they were defended by rings of earthworks, timber palisades and ramparts. |
[00:46.029] | Behind those daunting walls, this was not a world in panicky retreat. |
[00:55.084] | The Iron Age Britain into which the Romans eventually crashed with such alarming force was a dynamic, expanding society. |
[01:04.099] | From their workshops came the spectacular metalwork with which the elite decorated their bodies. |
[01:10.087] | Armlets, pins and brooches and ornamental shields like this, the so-called Battersea Shield. |
[01:37.484] | Or the astonishing stylised bronze horses, endearingly melancholy in expression, like so many Eeyores resigned to a bad day in battle. |
[00:03.076] | Many of those towers still survive, though none are as daunting as the great stone stockade on Arran, off Ireland' s west coast. |
[00:16.481] | And they didn' t just spring up around the edges of the British islands, all over the mainland, too. |
[00:23.079] | The great hill forts of the Iron Age remain visible in terraced contours at places like Danebury and Maiden Castle. |
[00:30.248] | Lofty seats of power for the tribal chiefs, they were defended by rings of earthworks, timber palisades and ramparts. |
[00:46.029] | Behind those daunting walls, this was not a world in panicky retreat. |
[00:55.084] | The Iron Age Britain into which the Romans eventually crashed with such alarming force was a dynamic, expanding society. |
[01:04.099] | From their workshops came the spectacular metalwork with which the elite decorated their bodies. |
[01:10.087] | Armlets, pins and brooches and ornamental shields like this, the socalled Battersea Shield. |
[01:37.484] | Or the astonishing stylised bronze horses, endearingly melancholy in expression, like so many Eeyores resigned to a bad day in battle. |
[00:03.076] | Many of those towers still survive, though none are as daunting as the great stone stockade on Arran, off Ireland' s west coast. |
[00:16.481] | And they didn' t just spring up around the edges of the British islands, all over the mainland, too. |
[00:23.079] | The great hill forts of the Iron Age remain visible in terraced contours at places like Danebury and Maiden Castle. |
[00:30.248] | Lofty seats of power for the tribal chiefs, they were defended by rings of earthworks, timber palisades and ramparts. |
[00:46.029] | Behind those daunting walls, this was not a world in panicky retreat. |
[00:55.084] | The Iron Age Britain into which the Romans eventually crashed with such alarming force was a dynamic, expanding society. |
[01:04.099] | From their workshops came the spectacular metalwork with which the elite decorated their bodies. |
[01:10.087] | Armlets, pins and brooches and ornamental shields like this, the socalled Battersea Shield. |
[01:37.484] | Or the astonishing stylised bronze horses, endearingly melancholy in expression, like so many Eeyores resigned to a bad day in battle. |