as a result of political links and client kingship relationships that developed between groups in South-Eastern Britain and the Roman world. End of Iron Age in Britain Historically speaking, the Iron Age in Southern Great Britain ended with the Roman invasion. Although the assimilation of Briton culture was far from instantaneous, some relatively-quick change is evident archaeologically. For example, the Romano-Celtic shrine in Hayling Island, Hampshire was constructed in the AD 60 to 70s, and Agricola was then still campaigning in Northern Britain (mostly in what is now Scotland), and on top of an Iron Age ritual site. Rectilinear stone structures, indicative of a change in housing to the Roman style are visible from the mid-to-late 1st century AD at Brixworth and Quinton. In areas where Roman rule was not strong or non-existent, Iron Age beliefs and practices remained but not without at least marginal levels of Roman or Romano-British influence. The survival of place names, such as Camulodunum (Colchester), which derive from the native language, is evidence of that. See also Butser Ancient Farm, an archaeological open-air museum in southern England featuring many Iron Age roundhouses Iron Age tribes in Britain List of hillforts in England, a widespread and well-known Iron Age settlement type, many of which are still visible today Celtic coinage Massaliote Periplus Pytheas Eston Nab, evidence of Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements Living in the Past, a 1978 BBC TV project which attempted to re-create life in an English Iron Age village Arras culture Notes Bibliography Downloadable Internet Archive. Further reading Collis, J.R., 2003, The Celts, origins, myths, inventions Stroud: Tempus Haselgrove, C., 2001, Iron Age Britain in its European Setting, in Collis, J.R. (ed) Settlement and Society in Iron Age Europe, Sheffield: Sheffield Archaeological Monograph 11, pp37–73 Haselgrove, C. and Moore, T., 2007, The later Iron Age in Britain and beyond, Oxford: Oxbow Pryor, F., 2003, Britain, BC; life in Britain and Ireland before the Romans, London: Harper Collins, chapters 11-12 Hill, J.D., 1995, Ritual and Rubbish in the Iron Age of Wessex BAR British Series 242 External links Iron Age