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=== Prehistory === {{See also|Prehistoric Britain|British Iron Age}} Settlements have existed around the Cambridge area since [[Prehistoric Britain|prehistoric times]]. The earliest clear evidence of occupation is the remains of a {{nowrap|3,500-}}year-old farmstead discovered at the site of [[Fitzwilliam College]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7194650.stm |title=Bronze Age site is found in city |work=BBC News |date=17 January 2008 |access-date=5 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111121528/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7194650.stm |archive-date=11 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> Archaeological evidence of occupation through the [[British Iron Age|Iron Age]] is a settlement on [[Castle Hill, Cambridge|Castle Hill]] from the [[1st century BC]], perhaps relating to wider cultural changes occurring in southeastern Britain linked to the arrival of the [[Belgae]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visitcambridge.org/VisitCambridge/Factsheets.aspx |title=A brief history of Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge City Council |year=2010 |access-date=27 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522090533/http://www.visitcambridge.org/VisitCambridge/Factsheets.aspx |archive-date=22 May 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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