In today's episode, we explore the emergence of the unique cultures of Iron Age Britain, and a looming threat from across the channel.

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Links to Footage:

Matthew Williams Yarnbury Castle Drone Footage
   • Yarnbury Castle CROP CIRCLE 23.6 .201...  

Andy Ballard Worlebury Hill Drone Footage
   • Worlebury Hill Iron Age Hill Fort  s...  

Ben Lovegrove Danebury Hill Fort Drone Footage
   • Danebury Hill Fort  Drone Aerial Pho...  

Archaeopath Broch of Gurness Drone Footage
   • ArchaeoDrone: The Broch of Gurness  

Harry Mateman Dartmoor Footage
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Amazing Drone Videos Figsbury Ring Drone Footage
   • Drone Footage   Figsbury Ring Neolith...  

ASBL Lucilinburhuc Celtic Festival Footage
   • Bealtaine 2014  

Glyn Coy – Hidden Wiltshire Windmill Hill Footage
   • Windmill Hill, Averbury, Wiltshire  

Max Wray Walbury Hill Walk
   • Walbury Hill Walk  

Visions Above Walbury Hill/Combe Gibbet Footage
   • Combe Gibbet & Walbury Hill, Newbury....  

Links to online resources:
“The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe” by Olalde et al.
https://www.nature.com/articles/natur...

“The British Plough: Some Stages in its Development” by Payne FG
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40272824...

"The Longue Durée of Genetic Ancestry: Multiple Genetic Marker Systems and Celtic Origins on the Atlantic Facade of Europe" by McEvoy et al. 2004
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

“At the Water's Edge” by Lund J
https://www.academia.edu/4188010/At_t...

"The Rise of the Individual In Late Iron Age Southern Britain and Beyond" by Andy Lamb
https://www.academia.edu/26806722/The...

“Drums of the Deep” “Lord of the Land” “Invariance” “Double Drift” “Night Music” and “Ossuary 6” by Kevin MacLeod are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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