Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) Britain is the period of the earliest known occupation of Britain by humans. This huge period saw many changes in the environment, encompassing several glacial and interglacial episodes greatly affecting human settlement in the region.

Discover Britain's greatest Stone Age sites to visit, from Stonehenge to Castlerigg Stone Circle and more.

BRONZE AGE (2300–800 BC) In about 2300 BC the first metal weapons and jewellery began to arrive in Britain, along with a new kind of pottery known as Beaker. People were buried with these objects in individual graves, some of which were covered with round barrows.

They are known as the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Click on the image to find out more.

Across the length and breadth of the British Isles, you will find echoes of our Neolithic past. From the hundreds of stone circles that stretch from Wiltshire to Orkney to Anglesey’s remarkable prehistoric mounds. Below are 10 of the best Neolithic sites to visit in Britain.

Britain lasted for hundreds of thousands of years and this long period of time is usually divided into: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic (sometimes these three periods are combined and called the Stone Age), Bronze Age and Iron Age.

Stonehenge, a neolithic stone monument constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. c. 4000 BC Neolithic period begins in Britain, introducing the first agriculture .

The Stone Age in Britain took place between around 15000BC to 2500BC. The Mesolithic period is known as the middle stone age. Humans were hunter-gatherers and had to catch or find...

No human remains have been found, but stone tools discovered at Happisburgh in Norfolk and Pakefield in Suffolk reveal a human presence between 950,000 and 700,000 years ago. Scientists have even discovered a preserved trail of footprints left by a small group of these people as they walked along the mudflats of an estuary.

There are many prehistoric sites and structures of interest remaining from prehistoric Britain, spanning the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.Among the most important are the Wiltshire sites around Stonehenge and Avebury, which are designated as a World Heritage Site. [1]