Section 2: The Iron Age/ Celts Flashcards
Tuath
The land and the people ruled by king .
Iron Age
A new metal Iron was discovered .
Derbhfine
The Celtic royal family .
Aos Dána
The learned and skilled people .
Druid
Who organised religious ceremonies and offered sacrifices for God to the God .
Rath
Rates were forts enclosed by circular ditches or mounds of earth
Crannògs
We’re man made islands in the lakes
Hillfort
We’re like rates but much bigger and built an a hill
Promontory fort
Promontory fort were built an cliff tops
Léine
Rich men ware knee length linen tunics
Crois
Léine was tied at the waistby crois
Brat
Woollen clocks
An Dagda
Was the chief God and also the God of the afterlife
Lugh
Was the God of war
Souterrian
During the day animals would graze in nearby fields and were brought inside the walls rath at night