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The area of Blue Bridge was farmed and inhabited throughout the Iron Age:
Middle Iron Age |
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Late Iron Age The size of the settlement in the late Iron Age had shrunk. Some time during this period field boundaries were constructed on the Villa Site, making it the first period of permanent activity here. |
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Farming: Diet and Produce
Dogs and horses were also kept on the farm. Horses were valuable as they provided faster transportation over longer distances than was possible on foot. The heavy work required around the farm such as ploughing was carried out by cattle. |
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Death in The Iron Age
During the late Iron Age there was a cremation cemetery at Blue Bridge which is likely to have been a family plot used for around seventy years from the late Iron Age to early Roman Britain. The bodies of the individuals were cremated on large bonfires called pyres and the ashes were then buried in urns together with grave goods. |
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