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Lancashire (Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Bolton,
Warrington, Barrow-in-Furness)
During the Iron Age the lands now known
as Lancashire were part of the territory of a loose confederation of
ancient Celtic tribes known as the Brigantes, including the Setantii,
who lived along the Fylde Coast of Lancashire, and the Carvetii who
occupied lands around Carlisle.
Several Brigantian hill forts are known
to exist in the county, including those at Warton Crag, Skelmore
Heads in Cumbria and Ingleborough and Stanwick in Yorkshire.
Tribal sociology tended to revolve
around a predominantly agricultural lifestyle in small settlements,
surrounded by small fields and pastures. Archaeological excavations
at Lathom have revealed at least two houses dating from around 2000
BC.
Roadways, such as existed at all, would
have been little more than footpaths and animal droving routes which
linked farmsteads and settlements.
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