The Prehistoric Period

The prehistoric period in Britain covers approximately 100,000 BC to AD 43 (the Roman invasion of Britain).

It is divided into five shorter periods:

• the Palaeolithic (c. 100,000 BC to c. 10,000 BC);
• the Mesolithic (c. 10,000 BC to c. 4,000 BC);
• the Neolithic (c. 4,000 BC to c. 2,000 BC);
• the Bronze Age (c. 2,000 BC to c. 800 BC);
• and the Iron Age (c. 800 BC to AD 43).

These pages give brief general overviews of each of these periods, and discuss the situation in Herefordshire during them. To read them, click on the links above or on the titles in the menu on the left-hand side of the page.