The women of Iron Age Britain

The bones of the person buried with the Wetwang chariot have led archaeologists to think she was a woman. The care taken to bury her, her chariot and other goods (a mirror and a brooch) suggest she was very important. This has led them to believe that women could be powerful warriors and rulers in the Iron Age, just like men. Later on, Ancient Roman writers also noted this, describing how women fought alongside men. Historians think that Celtic women could become rulers in their own right and own and inherit their own land.