Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications, Stanwick St John, North Yorkshire
These earthworks are the ramparts of a huge Iron Age defended settlement. It was the trading and power-centre of the Brigantes, the most important tribe in pre- Roman northern Britain. The settlement is 4 miles long and the defences enclose an area of 766 acres (310 hectares). After the Roman conquest in AD43, the Brigantian centre or power moved to Aldborough Roman Site. Numerous finds include pottery, an Iron Age sword and scabbard, a human skull, and miscellaneous objects of wood, metal, bone, and basketwork have been found here. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010). Read detailed archaeological description.
