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[Archaeology]
Date Posted:
11/10/2008
4:03:07 pm EST
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Iron Age ‘Town In The Sky’ Is Revealed
Author: Sally Williams Source: Western Mail
Title: IRON AGE ‘TOWN IN THE SKY’ IS REVEALED
From the air, its hidden tree-covered slopes give little clue to the settlement that existed there 3,000 years ago.
And its position in one of the quietest corners of the nation may seem a million miles away from the bustle of today’s towns and cities.
But historians have now described an ancient Iron Age hillfort in Mid Wales as the “Millennium Stadium of its day”, after computer modelling revealed its true scale.
Going back to the time when Caractacus was the Iron Age King of Wales, experts say the Gaer Fawr hillfort in Guilsfield, near Welshpool, was once a multi-tiered “town in the sky” which would have been the equivalent of a modern-day skyscraper.
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| Population Estimate | Nov 12th. at 2:51:49 pm EST
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Graybear (Cheraw, Colorado) - Email Me
The link given by carrie9 estimates the population at about 400 - which would be a town about twice as big as the one I live in.
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| Pictures, Including Computer Model | Nov 11th. at 3:36:11 pm EST
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karrie9 (Kenosha, Wisconsin) - Email Me
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Centuries of work. Now that's community dedication!
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| Could... | Nov 10th. at 9:19:07 pm EST
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RavenLight (Arlington, Virginia) - Email Me
...we have a proper population estimation?
Seriously? 'Town' means nothing.
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| Hooray! | Nov 10th. at 5:24:56 pm EST
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Fraoch (Shelby, North Carolina) - Email Me
What a beautiful discovery. I wonder what other Celtic treasures will be revealed to us over the coming years thanks to the computer. Apparently those of us who call that old world ours haven't lost everything, and anyone fascinated by history has something wonderful to gain.
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