An Iron Age blacksmith's workshop dating back 2,700 years has been discovered in South Oxfordshire. The find dates to the beginning of ironworking in Britain and was located near Abingdon by ...

A 2,700-year-old Iron Age blacksmith workshop unearthed in the Oxfordshire countryside has been described as an "exceptionally rare" find by experts. The site was excavated at the headquarters of ...

The Iron Age blacksmith would make a sword by heating a bar of iron over a charcoal fire until it was white-hot and then hammering it into shape before it cooled. By reheating quenched iron to a ...

Around 2,700 years ago, a blacksmith’s workshop from the Iron Age had been operating in the English countryside. Its remains were unearthed during excavations in Oxfordshire, which were led by a ...

IRON AGE MAN:We can make enough iron spears to defend our land. That might be enough. BLACKSMITH:I’ll just finish this last one. IRON AGE FATHER:We have new iron weapons, now we can fight the ...

Artefacts from a 2,700-year-old Iron Age settlement are going on display ... including all the components of a blacksmith's workshop. Jayne Manley, at Earth Trust, said: "It's our time now to ...