Before The Romans:

• Neolithic & Bronze Age
• Iron Age & Brigantes
• The Roman Conquest

Before The Romans:

The Neolithic and the Bronze Age

Evidence of people living in Castleford
The archaeologists found Neolithic pottery and Neolithic to Bronze Age flints during the Castleford excavations. They didn’t find any evidence for the homes or buildings of these early people. They were probably quite flimsy and may have been destroyed by later development – from the Romans to the modern day.

Evidence of people living in the area
Burials and monuments of the same date as the Castleford pottery and flint have been found near Ferrybridge power station. In the Neolithic a henge monument (a large circular earthwork) was built there. Archaeologists think this was a religious monument, where people held meetings and ceremonies.

People went on using the henge monument for a long time. During the Bronze Age several round barrows containing burials were built close to the henge. The archaeologists found burials with grave goods such as flint daggers and arrowheads.