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Known as the ‘Great Torc’, it is one of the most elaborate golden objects made in the ancient world and rivals pieces by contemporary Roman, Greek and Chinese goldsmiths. Torcs likely had a spiritual symbolism, and it is perhaps for this reason depictions in art of Celtic gods often show them wearing or holding torcs. Perhaps the most famous examples can be seen in the Gundestrup Cauldron. © British Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fc02be90e4f73f07ec44d6/1643905743115-1PAEDUYE4PII3ZITBUCX/Burrough+Hill2.jpg Iron Age Religion and Beliefs - Make it stand out In 2014 archaeologists excavating at Burrough Hill, an Iron Age hill fort in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, discovered a hoard of rare decorated bronze fittings from a chariot. Found at the bottom of a large pit, the Burrough Hill hoard consists of twenty-two items including linch pins, terret rings and iron tools. 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Where hillfort defences have collapsed and slumped over 2,000 years or more, the present-day earthwork profile may retain the height of the rampart at its summit (right), but will give little impression of the original appearance of standing walls and excavated ditches. At upland sites where soil accumulation is limited, it is still possible to find rampart and ditch profiles far better preserved, even with stone rampart-facing intact. © https://intarch.ac.uk/ https://www.friendsofbutser.org/preroman-pottery daily 0.75 2022-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fc02be90e4f73f07ec44d6/a54a891b-7251-4488-99b3-033e77df2354/Pot1.jpg Pre-Roman Pottery - Make it stand out Long-necked Beaker from Durrington, close to the Cursus at Stonehenge. The decoration is simple cross-hashing. © The Wiltshire Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fc02be90e4f73f07ec44d6/5f210fce-faaf-46fe-b75e-95fd14c04ac1/Pot2.jpg Pre-Roman Pottery - Make it stand out Beaker ware from different regions shared many characteristics. 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It shows the barrel shaped profile of this inhospitable spur. Several roundhouses can be seen at various stages of development, as Peter was starting to explore the effect of size on the constructs' design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fc02be90e4f73f07ec44d6/7cb05d29-96af-4119-8aa7-fe2e163e2b94/little+Butser2.jpg Inception - Make it stand out This picture shows some of the earliest experimental techniques in operation. Two Dexter cattle are being used to pull an ard plough. It can take up to two years to train a pair matched in size, power and application. This is Jack Langley, Peter's first "right-hand" man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fc02be90e4f73f07ec44d6/2bfb43da-c3af-4197-a7e8-5569b3ed20bf/little+butser3.jpg Inception - Make it stand out The Balksbury House. The junction of the porch with the main conical roof is always a compromise between the slope of the thatch on the cone and that on the porch. 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