CELTS

A Celtic culture were tribes of warriors who shared a similar language,religion and culture.TheRomans reported about their culture but presented them as barbarians.

They gradually settled in the country between about 500 and 100 BC. They brought ironworking to the British Isles, which had amazing effects. It affected trade and helped develop local independence because iron was quite cheap and easily available. Itwastheclan,whichwasliketoday’sextendedfamily.

Yes, clans joined together with other clans to form tribes, each with its own social structure and customs. They lived in huts made of timber with thatched roofs. The Celts practised agriculture when they were not fighting in wars. They introduced the iron plough, which made the cultivation of the soil easier. In the countryside in Britain it is still possible to see the long and narrow pattern of the Celtic field.

They relied on the oral transmission of culture, especially through bards. Much of what we know of their traditions comes to us today through the old tales and poems that were handed down for generations before being written down.