An Iron Age fortified enclosure, built of dry-stone, often with galleried walls, dating from the 1st century AD
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Broch: Drystone freestanding tower with interior court, no external windows (which face into the court), spiral stair inside wall, typically iron age Celtic refuge in Scotland. Burg: German stronghold.
History Constantinople was founded by the Roman emperor Constantine in 330 CE on the site of an earlier town which traced its origins back to the Iron Age.
They brought with them iron age technology but also created pottery with geometric designs, thus giving rise to the Geometric period also known as the Dark Age due to the Dorians constant warring and subjugation of the population.
Dun, Dún, Dúin, Dhúin: A fort dating from the late Iron Age, which are found in the west and the south-west of Scotland. It provided protection for a family or a small group.
With flights round a square open well framed by newel posts.Wheel house(Scots): Late Iron Age stone dwelling, round with partition walls like wheel spokes.Wheel windowA circular window with radiating shafts like spokes.
Hillfort - Bronze or Iron Age earthwork defenses of concentric ditches and banks.
Hoarding - also known as brattice or breteche.
Ancient Macedonia
Ancient Troy
Gaul
Germania
Ancient history of Cyprus
Carthage
Roman Iron Age, for the Roman period in Scandinavia and Northern Germany
The Balkans in classical antiquity
Late Antiquity ...
Builders began to cover exterior walls with wood or masonry. In the 19th and 20th centuries, it became fashionable to imitate Medieval building techniques. hillfort : Bronze or Iron Age earthwork of ditches and banks.
 See also: Architecture, Roman, Brick, Capital, System
  
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