4: Iron Age Hill Fort on Minecraft

I created my Iron Age Hill Fort in computer game called Minecraft. It was very hard to make. My roundhouse burnt down quite a few times because of the Romans. It was really good fun.

this is plan of my iron age hill fort

This is the gate closed from the outside of the hill fort.

this is the gate open

the walls from the outside

sky high of the camp

the whole camp

one of the round houses.

 side view of a round house

 another round house for a solder

 the cheif house in the edge

the stables from in the sky

a farmers house

 the whole camp

 the camp from side ways

round houses from the side

some horses with iron armor on

 some horses ready to fight the romans

3: Creating an Iron Age Coin

I have based my design on a coin made by the Durotriges tribe. It was found recently in Dorset. It has a duro boat design on one side.It is nearly 2 cm wide and was made of gold. It was made about 80 to 50 BC .

This coin was made by the Durotriges tribe lived in dorset somerset and a bit of willtshire. They were one off the 

only tribes to make and use coins before the romans came ad 43 .

the coins were often called status after a Greek coin with the same 

name. there was no writing on the coins as the celts didn't have a

written language . They used pictures instead some times a face 

a horse or a boat . After the romans conquered britan roman 

coins were used.

this is me  making my coin.

2: Noah's Iron Age Artifact- Making Models

After my research I decided to make some model shields, swords, spears, Celts and Romans. I made them with Joe and then we made a movie.

This is our movie, it is call Iron Age vs Romans

2: Noah's Iron Age Artifact - My Research

1: Our Day at Ham Hill hill fort

On 6th September I went to the Ham Hill Heritage Trail to find out more about the Iron Age Britons and how they fought the Romans.  It was a brilliant day out.  Mum and my sister Charlotte came too.

First we were given a sheet that helped us complete all the questions for the Ham Hill Heritage Trail.  We met real Ancient Britons who were living on Ham Hill.  They showed us how to fight the Romans and the children went into the arena to fight the Ancient Britons.

Here are some great pictures of me learning how to fight the Romans.

After I went in the arena I went to the training school on the other side of the arena.  There was javelin throwing, spear jabbing on shields and sword training.  Then we went back into the arena to do our final lesson of fighting.

I am now an Iron Age Warrior!

This is us in battle!

This is a celt fighting for the Romans.

1: The Romans are Coming!

The Celtic age stopped because of the Romans invading Britain in AD43.  They took over all of the hill forts in England.  They fought many battles in Somerset.  The Roman Army was led by Julius Caesar and he became a Roman Emperor.  The Roman Army was very organised. They had very well made weapons like swords, spears, catapults and ballistars that fired very big arrows.

The Roman soldiers wore metal armour on their shoulders and head.  Their shields were very big.  Most of the Roman soldiers had spears.

This is a Roman Ballister

The Romans had a special way of protection in a battle called the tortoise or testudo!  Here are two pictures.

The Romans attacked the Iron Age Britons at Ham Hill, but the Britons could see them coming because of the Romans shiny helmets shining in the sun.  The Romans always beat the Celts.  They didnt stand a chance!

We went to Ham Hill Heritage Trail to find out more about the Ancient Britons and the Romans.  Read my next post to find out how we got on.

1: Iron Age Britain

Iron Age Britain was from about 800 BC to 43 AD.  The Celtic tribes had their own hill forts with walls made of wood and stone and then carved into hills.  They had houses inside the hill forts that were round houses.  Each tribe had a chief.  The different villages in the tribe also had important men that heard peoples problems and then they took them to the important man in the other village.  If they couldn't agree they would fight to the death.  These important men were called Big Men.

This is a picture of Ham Hill hill fort today.

There was a lot of battles between tribes and a lot of fighting.

Iron Age warriors wore a kind of tartan and they looked really fierce.  Their shields were all different in many kinds of ways.

 The tribe in South Somerset were called the Durotriges.  There were lots of tribes in Iron Age Britain.

But why did the Iron Age end in 43 AD?  Read my next blog post to find out.