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TIL of Iron Age pigs, a cross between wild boar and domestic pig, first developed for a BBC documentary to mirror the type of pig represented by prehistoric art works of the Iron Age in ancient Europe. They are now raised for their meat with a distinctive gamey pork flavour.

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