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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age covers the dates 2000-800BC.

Willingham Mere Dig 2011

Location of Willingham Mere and excavation site

  • 2011
  • Willingham
  • Bronze Age
  • Iron Age
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The Bronze Age (2000-800 BC)

The term ‘Bronze Age’ normally includes the period before the introduction of bronze workings, when the working of copper and gold started to appear.  As well as this advance in technology and the appearance of metal working the Bronze Age also represents a gradual society change from the Neolithic hunter gatherers who became farmers into a permanently settled way of life. 

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Summary

Over the weekend 24 test pits were dug across the village.  The earliest finds were dated to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age.  Much of the pre-history pottery finds were made at the 2 test pits dug at the primary school (Test pits 1 and 2).  This indicates habitation in that area going back thousands of years.

The pattern of finds shows a wider spread as time progresses and suggests a more widespread and/or growing population.  The spread of finds decreases after the late medieval era and doesn’t seem to recover until the Victorian era.

  • 2009
  • Willingham
  • Bronze Age
  • Roman
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Test Pit 1 - Willingham Primary School

 

 

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  • 2009
  • Willingham
  • Bronze Age
  • Iron Age
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