What clothing did Iron Age people wear?

Men would wear a tunic with a belt, a cloak and trousers. Women wore dresses fastened with brooches. And if you were an important member of the tribe, you would wear a neck torc of gold, silver or iron, decorated with patterns.

When was the Iron Age in Britain?

about 800 BC
The Iron Age of the British Isles covers the period from about 800 BC to the Roman invasion of 43 AD, and follows on from the Bronze Age.

Why did the Iron Age end in Britain?

In Europe, The Iron Age marks the end of prehistory after the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. In Britain the end of the Iron Age is linked to the spread of Roman culture following the Roman invasion of 43 AD.

What did Iron Age Britons believe in?

There may have been as many as 400 gods and goddesses worshipped in Iron Age Britain, and weapons, animal sacrifices and other precious objects believed to have been sacrificed to the gods have been found in rivers, lakes and bogs across the British Isles.

What did people wear in the Iron Age?

Britain’s Iron Age people were noted to have worn a form of close-fitting trousers (bracae) and to use colourful textiles. Classical texts reference both men and women having long hair, sometimes worn in a plait, and that the men wore either beards or moustaches, which they also grew long.

What was the name of the British Iron Age?

The British Iron Age lasted in theory from the first significant use of iron for tools and weapons in Britain to the Romanisation of the southern half of the island. The Romanised culture is termed Roman Britain and is considered to supplant the British Iron Age.

Are there any ruins of Iron Age Britain?

There are few surviving spectacular ruins or buildings from Iron Age Britain. Unlike Mesoamerica, India, Classical Greece or ancient Egypt, in Iron Age Britain there was no construction of major cities, palaces, temples or pyramids.

When did iron become the most common metal in Britain?

From around 800 BC iron became the most commonly used metal in the British Isles. It gave its name to the British Iron Age. Our image bank is the first in a series looking at different aspects of life in Iron Age Britain. This one focuses on Iron Age people, what they wore, ate and spent their time doing.