The Knighton Heath Period is the name given by Colin Burgess to a phase of the

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following the Bedd Branwen Period and spanning the period 1400 BC to 1200 BC. It was succeeded by the

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History

The ''Knighton Heath Period'' marks the end of the rich

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emerged. In terms of metalworking, the period saw the end of the Acton Park phase of bronze tool manufacture and the rise of much more Continentally-influenced industries in what is called the Middle Bronze Age ornament horizon. These included the Taunton Phase in southern England, the Glentrool industries in

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and the Bishopsland industries in

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. All had links with mainland Europe, namely the

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C stage in and the Frøjk-Osterfeld Group of

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' IIIb-c phase.

Bibliography

* Burgess, C., 1980. ''The Age of Stonehenge'' London, Dent & Sons * Burgess, C., 1986. 'Urnes of no Small Variety': Collared Urns Reviewed ''Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society'' 52, 339-351 Periods of the British Bronze Age {{UK-archaeology-stub