British Isles British Isles The British Isles are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe that consists of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and over six thousand smaller isles. They have a total area of about 315,159 km and a combined population of just under 70 million, and include two sovereign states, the Republic of Ireland (which covers roughly five-sixths of the island of Ireland) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The islands of Alderney, Jersey, Guernsey and Sark, and their neighbouring smaller islands, are sometimes
Gold working in the Bronze Age British Isles Taylor published the first comprehensive study of the available evidence, entitled "Bronze Age Goldwork of the British Isles". In 1994, the archaeologist George Eogan published an academic monograph on the subject, entitled "The Accomplished Art: Gold and Gold-Working in Britain and Ireland during the Bronze Age", which was brought out through the U.K.-based Oxbow Books. In it, Eogan noted that his study was "not a "corpus" or catalogue" of artefacts, instead being "an evaluation and interpretation of the material in social terms". Gold working in the Bronze Age British Isles Gold working in the Bronze Age British Isles refers to