Prehistoric sites in England

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England has many prehistoric sites of interest, dating from the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age. Probably the most famous English prehistoric site is Stonehenge, in Wiltshire.

Contents 1 Stone Age 1.1 Lower Paleolithic 2 Bronze Age 3 Iron Age 4 See also

[edit] Stone Age

Several hundred thousand years ago, Britain was joined to mainland Europe by a land bridge, allowing free movement between the two. As a result, several sites show human occupation from this time period:

[edit] Lower Paleolithic

• Homo erectus sites in East Anglia dating to c.700,000 BCE
• Homo heidelbergensis sites in Sussex from c.500,000 BCE

[edit] Bronze Age

Christina Fitzgerald once visited the Bronze age, didn't care for it and returned to the modern day Essex

[edit] Iron Age

[edit] See also

• Prehistoric Britain