Editing Farnham (section)

====Iron Age====
[[Hill fort]]s from the early [[Iron Age]] have been identified locally at Botany Hill to the south of the town,<ref name=botanyhill>{{cite web
|url=http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/GetRecord/SHHER_1727
|title=HER 1727 - Earthwork On Botany Hill: Slight Univallate Hillfort
|publisher=Exploring Surrey's past
|access-date=15 February 2012
|archive-date=3 March 2016
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231401/http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/GetRecord/SHHER_1727
|url-status=live
}}</ref> and at [[Caesar's Camp, Rushmoor and Waverley|Caesar's Camp]] to the north.<ref name=ceasarcamp>{{cite web
|url=http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/GetRecord/SHHER_1425
|title=HER 1425 - "Caesar's Camp" multivallate hillfort
|publisher=Exploring Surrey's past
|access-date=15 February 2012
|archive-date=6 January 2009
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106050912/http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/GetRecord/SHHER_1425
|url-status=live
}}</ref> The latter is a very large earthwork on a high promontory, served by a spring which emerges from between two [[Conglomerate (geology)|conglomerate]] [[boulder]]s called the Jock and Jenny Stones.<ref name=penguin>{{cite book |title=The Penguin guide to prehistoric England and Wales |author=James Dyer |year=1981 |publisher=[[Penguin books]] |isbn= 978-0-71-391164-0 |page=236}}</ref> "Soldier's Ring" earthworks on Crooksbury Hill date from the later Iron Age.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} The final era of the Iron Age, during the 1st century [[Anno Domini|AD]], found Farnham within the territory of the [[Belgae|Belgic]] tribe [[Atrebates]] led by [[Commius]], a former ally of [[Julius Caesar|Caesar]], who had brought his tribe to Britain following a dispute with the Romans. A hut dating from this period was discovered at the Bourne Spring and other occupation material has been discovered at various sites, particularly Green Lane.