By the Iron Age, people were farming the land all over the country, although there were still large areas of woodland, especially in valleys.
Nearly everyone was a farmer, with just a few craftsmen who made pottery, woodwares or things of iron. There were also a small number of warriors and nobles.
Many people farmed slopes around hillforts and the way they farmed – along the contour – meant that, over the centuries, the hillsides became a series of benches.
