Iron Age/celts Flashcards
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Tuath
A
The people and land they lived on
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Iron Age
A
A time were tools and weapons were made from iron
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Aos dána
A
The learned and skilled people
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Rath
A
Iron Age forts enclosed by circular ditches or mounds of earth
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Crannóg
A
Were man-made islands in lakes with wooden houses on top
5
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Hillforts
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Similar to raths but bigger and built on a hill
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Promontory forts
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Built on a cliff tops , circular stone enclosed
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Léine
A
A tunic men wore
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Crois
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Belts men wore
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Brat
A
Woollen cloaks
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An dagda
A
The chief god
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Ligh
A
The god of war
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Ogham stones
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Celtic gravestones with ogham writing on them
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Souterrain
A
A tunnel under a rath
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Brehon law
A
The law ruling the celts
15
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Quern stone
A
A stone used to grind wheat into flour to make bread
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Rí
A
King
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Derbfhine
A
Royal family
