swuklink: Iron-Age <a href="BAAAGBYS.php">Dorset</a>

The County of Dorsetshire OS Map Grid Ref: ST721015

Maps from Multimap
1:1,000,000
1:500,000

21^st century excavations under the waters of Poole Harbour have revealed the oldest port facilities in the British Isles dating from the Iron Age. The stone piers, reinforced, with oaks beams which served the trading complex in the harbour were massive structures - 85 metres long and 8 metres wide. It seems probable that Poole was the main British port not only for trade with nearby continental Europe, but also may have been frequented by Roman traders from deep within the Mediterranean. Indeed, it may have been that when the Romans invaded Britain in AD43, they chose Poole Harbour as their main port of supply because their traders and mariners were already so familiar with it.

Towards the end of the Iron Age there was an ever-increasing migration of Celtic tribes from continental Europe into Britain to escape the spread of the Roman army northwards throughout their homelands. Dorset, like other south coast maritime counties, must have seen more of these refugees from the spread of the Roman empire than most.

The period known as the "Iron Age" in Britain, that of the Celtic tribes, came to an end with invasion by the 2nd Augustan legion under Vespasian in AD43.

Roman historians, wrote of vespasian's invasion of Britain that the legion overcame "two very formidable tribes and over twenty towns, together with the Isle of Wight". Dorset must have seen a considerable part of the warfare as Maiden Castle near Dorchester was one of the biggest and strongest of the towns the Romans captured.

Links to Other Pages on this Site

ROMAN DORSET
Britain IRON-AGE BRITAIN
DORSET
Towns & Villages of Dorset

Links to Other Sites
. . . . . the inclusion of these links to other sites is for the interest and convenience of visitors to this site only and does not imply any endorsement of the products or services offered by the individuals or organisations involved nor the accuracy of the information contained therein . . . . .

Links to Other Pages on this Site

BADBURY RINGS
BOURNEMOUTH
HENGISTBURY HEAD
CHRISTCHURCH
DUDSBURY
HENGISTBURY HEAD, Bournemouth
MAIDEN CASTLE nr. Dorchester
POOLE HARBOUR
WEST PARLEY

CORNWALL DEVON DORSET HAMPSHIRE ISLE OF WIGHT SOMERSET WILTSHIRE

Recommend a Book for this Page

Hits on this page since December 6th

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

current year: previous year:

Links
Locally
Bibliography
Other Counties

ALPHABETICAL
SITE INDEX
Select ;-
Aa-Az Ba-Bz Ca-Cz Da-Dz Ea-Ez Fa-Fz Ga-Gz Ha-Hz Ia-Iz Ja-Jz Ka-Kz La-Lz Ma-Mz Na-Nz Oa-Oz Pa-Pz Qa-Qz Ra-Rz Sa-Sz Ta-Tz Ua-Uz Va-Vz Wa-Wz Ya-Yz
SW COUNTIES

No messages posted on this page

Only Members of the Site can post messages in this section. Signing in is easy from our Home Page.

DISCLAIMER: Whilst we endeavour to ensure the content of this site is correct, we cannot undertake that information you find here, is, or will remain accurate and complete. We do not warrant that any information contained on this site is fit for any purpose. If you wish to place reliance on any such information you must check its accuracy by some other means before doing so.

MEMBERS get aditional features on our pages and will soon be able to interact with the site and add their views and informastion. Sign up, from the Home-Page, is simple and involves typing in your email address and a password of your choice.

If you are in any way connected with any location or interested in the subject mentioned on this page and have an hour or two a month to spare, we would welcome you as a local moderator - please email the webmaster by CLICKING HERE.