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Archaeology team members working on the site of an early Roman granary - Credit: Oxford Archaeology East The remains of an Iron Age village has been found at Tye Green. Members of Oxford Archaeology East have been investigating the four hectare area for Countryside Properties and RPS Consulting, ahead of work to create new housing. Their fieldwork suggests the site was important in the late Iron Age and early Roman periods, but could have come to harm - possibly as a result of Boudiccan repr...

Abandoned Iron Age Settlement Excavated in England ESSEX, ENGLAND— BBC News reports that archaeologists have found a ten-acre settlement made up of 17 roundhouses surrounded by a defensive structure that was burned down and abandoned in the late first century A.D. Researchers think the residents of this high-status village may have participated in the revolt against the Roman invasion led by Boudicca, the queen of the Iceni tribe. “The local Trinovantes tribe joined the A.D. 61 rebel...

Experts excavated the important settlement at Tye Green, near Cressing The ancient village was built on a prominent ridge overlooking the Brain Valley It sported at least 17 roundhouses and screens that may have protected hearths After the main enclosure was abandoned, the site appears to have been farmed But the team found a site for offerings that operated on into the 3rd Century From here they have found hundreds of brooches, as well as coins and beads   

Legacy of The Celtic Queen of Freedom Queen Boudica (also spelt Boudicca or Boadicea), is a famous Briton folk hero who led the Celtic Iceni tribe in a rebellion against the invading Roman Empire, around 60 AD. According to the Roman chronicler Tacitus, with her daughters positioned on war chariots beside her, the famous female military general delivered a speech clarifying that she was not fighting to save her wealth but to ¨avenge her lost freedom, her battered body, and the abused c...

BBC News Published image copyrightOxford Archaeology East image captionA number of the larger roundhouses were burned down and the defensive enclosure cleared during the late First Century AD The destruction of a "clearly high status" Iron Age village "may represent reprisals after the Boudiccan revolt", an archaeologist has said. More than 17 roundhouses were discovered in a defensive enclosure at Cressing, near Braintree in Essex. The site was burned down and abandoned during the late First C...