An Iron-Age Roundhouse,
Salisbury Plain
18 February 2001

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Below: You can't keep the boys from the toys. Tony Robinson wasn't alone in taking the opportunity of a Salisbury Plain tank ride.

Below: Trench warfare? With Tony in the tank, the army helps out with the digging.

Below: Mick Aston, John Gater and Katie Hirst get down to work.

Below: The reconstruction of an Iron Age round house, carried out by the British Army under the supervision of Phil Harding. The daub, a mixture of mud and straw mixed on site, was applied by hand. The aluminium ladders, one of the few concessions to modern technology, were necessary to allow access to the roof for the camera crew.

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