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HISTORY
Eureka! Special: Flying Through History
 
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Pre-Roman and Roman Britain
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Places Visited
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Medieval Realms
The Tudor Age
Industrial Revolution
The Victorians
Britain since 1930
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Pre-Roman and Roman Britain

Places Visited

Prehistoric sites

Aberconwy, North Wales: the Penmaenmawr Ring
Berkshire: the White Horse of Uffington
Devon: Grimspound prehistoric settlement
Gloucestershire: Belas Knap Long Barrow
Orkney: Maes Howe burial chamber; the Ring of Brogar
Wiltshire: Avebury Ring; Silbury Hill; Stonehenge; West Kennet Long Barrow

Celtic sites

Berkshire: The Ridgeway
Dorchester: re-creation of Celtic settlement
Sussex: Plumpton Plain field system

Roman sites

Bath: The Roman baths
Cambridgeshire: Roman canal
Cumbria: Hardknott Fort
Dorchester: amphitheatre
Dorset: aqueduct, Maiden Castle
Gloucestershire: Chedworth villa; the Fosseway
Hampshire: Silchester
Kent: Richborough Castle; Dover Castle
Lancashire: Blackstone Edge
London: city walls
Newcastle to Carlisle: Hadrian's Wall
Norfolk: Burgh Castle
Northumberland: Housesteads Fort
South Shields: Arbeia Fort,
Sussex: Porchester Castle
St Albans: Roman theatre
York: city walls