This chapter provides an introduction to the Iron Age archaeology of the Clyde Valley study area. It complements and builds on the 2015 essay, The Iron Age by Derek Alexander. Together they set out the state of current knowledge, provides a basis for gap analysis, and supports consideration of future opportunities and priorities in relation to research on these periods within the overall CVARF action research framework. This chapter discusses new evidence from commercial works discovering new sites, projects from the Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership investigating known sites and academic research revisiting crannogs in the Clyde.
