With Kent, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, east Hampshire, west Sussex and Berkshire now under the rule of the Belgic nobility, the thought behind the Belgic settlement was to take the lowland grounds near to river-crossing, and a number of these sites, unlike the hill-forts, have continued to be inhabited to this day.
River-crossing because of trade, this helped trade to increase, the Belgic set up local mints and coinage began to increase replacing the use of iron bars. The iron resources of the country were exploited and the metal industries flourished, culminating in the artistry of magnificent shields, other smiths worked upon elaborate torcs and bracelets to be worn by ruling classes. Pottery was now made on the wheel, and the dead were cremated with their ashes placed in urns, the rich and wealthy were buried in elaborate tombs often covered by a earth barrow.