Tribal centres and elites appear in society at the end of the Bronze Age. There is a wide range of monumental buildings including brochs, duns and crannogs. Iron is used for tool making. The fall of Rome traditionally marks the end of the period.
issues over chronology:EIA: 700-100 BC, MIA - 200BC -AD 400 and LIA AD 300-900. The Long Iron Age ocvers most of the Early Medieval period in the ScARF IA panel
