Category: Pre-Roman Britannia

All the episodes of The British History Podcast that discuss British History before the arrival of Rome in the first century BCE.

The Achavanich Beaker Burial Project: The Beaker People with Dr. Alison Sheridan

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Learn more about Dr. Sheridan and her work
Dr. Sheridan’s Wiki page
Dr. Sheridan’s Great Archaeology page
Dr. Sheridan’s Academia.edu page

The Achavanich Beaker Burial Project Links
Twitter: @AvaBeakerBurial
Facebook: facebook.com/achavanichbeakerburial
Website: https://achavanichbeakerburial.wordpress.com/

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88 – WelshCast Part One: From the Stone Ages to the Withdrawal of Rome

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Ever since I did the Scotcast I’ve been receiving messages on facebook, on twitter, on the forums, and I’ve even been getting personal emails asking for more about Wales. And my response has always been the same, I’ll do it but not yet.

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59 – The Halloween Special

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As you might imagine since I’m doing an episode on it, Halloween has a lot of British influence upon it. In fact, the name itself comes from Scotland, where All Saint’s Eve (also known as All Hallow’s Eve) was shortened in the 16th century to Halloween. And the name stuck. But as you have probably gathered, originally the day was simply the day before All Saint’s Day (also known as All Hallows or Hallowmas). And this might come as a shock to you, but All Saint’s Day was the day in which early Christians commemorated all their saints… and it is still practiced today.

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50 – The Denbighshire Hill Forts

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Today we have something pretty exciting. Listener Simon put me in contact with Erin Robinson and Fiona Gale, who are currently working on archaeological sites in Denbighshire north Wales, and they were kind enough to agree to speak to me via Skype. So today we are taking a break from our middle ages cultural discussion, and instead we have an interview on the Heather and Hillforts project… a project which focuses on a number of iron age hill forts.

I can’t tell you how fortunate we are to be able to talk with Erin and Fiona regarding their project in Denbighshire. The hillforts they’re working on are still somewhat mysterious and unknown. We are still learning a great deal about them and, with luck, we will be learning even more over the coming years. This is really a great opportunity for us.

If you’d like to learn more, or you like to find how to get involved, you can go to the websites I’ve listed below:

http://www.heatherandhillforts.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/heatherandhillforts

https://twitter.com/HeatherHillfort

And if you are in North Wales and see someone off-roading over one of these historic sites, please report them to the police.  These are tremendously important sites and we need to do all we can to preserve them.  After all, the damage these vehicles are doing can never be undone.

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