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.
