Archaeologists Uncover Exciting 'Time Capsule' of Iron Age Artifacts in England

A group in England has been looking for a lost abbey for 25 years.

Over the years, the team has found hundreds of medieval skeletons and Roman artifacts. The best preserved picture of late prehistoric life ever found in North West England has been discovered.

Over the last eight years, the team at the Poulton Research Project has uncovered 10 roundhouses and over 5,000 finds, providing evidence of a wealthy and large community, which could refute the view that North West England was sparse during the Iron Age.

Kevin Cootes, an archaeologist at John Moores University and consultant for the Poulton Research Project, says that little was known of Iron Age communities in the north west of England.

From trading along the river, we can tell that this community was very affluent. The time capsule of thousands of years of life is called Poulton. It is a once in a thousand career find. It is a pleasure to be involved with.

There is an overhead view of the site. The project is called theoulton research project.

The Iron Age settlement is pretty fascinating because of the clues it has to offer. Over 900 skeletons were found from a late medieval chapel. The graves had been dug into much older archaeological sites, and the artifacts that were with the skeletons seemed to predate the burials.

There were 10 roundhouses and a number of items dating back to the 8th century BCE when the researchers dug deeper. There was a decorated fastening, a dog which was likely sacrificed, a stone anvil, pottery, and ditches in which the residents likely dumped their rubbish.

There are objects with antlers. The project is called theoulton research project.

The community could afford to transport the salt from the Middlewich area over 30 kilometers away because of the abundance of pottery. This and many other finds have given researchers a great view of the lives of people at this Iron Age settlement.

The neutral soils which preserved the site's medieval skeletons had the same effect on the delicate Iron Age finds.

There are pottery fragments. The Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society was published in 2021.

The most complete time-capsule of Iron Age life ever to be recovered in north-west Britain was preserved because of these factors.

The Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society has published the research.