Cat Jarman

Prehistoric footprints in Norfolk set us wondering

Francis Pryor has a gift for capturing our imagination and bringing Britain’s earliest inhabitants vividly to life

We know how Seahenge was created, even if the ceremonies which took place there remain a mystery. [Alamy] 
issue 31 July 2021
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  • Scenes from Prehistoric Life: From the Ice Age to the Coming of the Romans

    Francis Pryor

    Apollo, pp. 320, £25

During the first lockdown last year, taking my lockdown puppy for our Boris-sanctioned daily walks, I discovered a love of prehistoric hill forts. By the third lockdown I, a hardened medievalist, had even progressed to an unexpected admiration for megalithic stone structures. My former indifference was caused by the perceived lack of people within those landscapes.

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