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British prehistory: everything you wanted to know

British prehistory: everything you wanted to know

Archaeologist David Miles responds to listener queries and popular search enquiries about Britain’s distant past

Callanish standing stone circle, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. (Photo by Dreamstime)

Published: April 26, 2020 at 1:05 PM

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In the latest of our new series tackling the big questions on major historical topics, archaeologist David Miles responds to listener queries and popular search enquiries about Britain’s distant past.

Check out the rest of the series:

Episode 4: Peter Caddick-Adams fields your questions on D-Day
Episode 3: Miles Russell answers the big questions about Roman Britain
Episode 2: Tracy Borman takes on questions about the Tudors
Episode 1: Marc Morris tackles some of the big questions about the Normans

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