Originating in the later Bronze Age (1000 BC - 800 BC), the hill forts of the early Iron Age are found over a wide area of the British Isles: in Scotland (Finavon Fort in Angus), Wales (The ...

Mines are known in Northern Ireland, Scotland and East Anglia, but the majority of flint mines were on the chalk hills of southern England, with underground galleries following the seams of flint ...

The red colour of Torridonian sandstone stands out in our timeline wall, with greenschist above it. Begin your journey with the UK’s oldest rocks When you arrive at the Natural History Museum by Tube ...

a large circular enclosure in southern England, dates to around 3200 B.C.E.—which means it predates Stonehenge by several hundred years Eli Wizevich Long thought to be a family heirloom ...

An American sailor said the Portuguese-flagged cargo ship ‘came out of the blue’ as it smashed into his oil tanker ...

Explore the history of the BBC since its foundation in ... Our trail of broadcasting heritage plaques features some of the UK’s first ever radio stations, plus the people and personalities ...