The Iron Age And Celts Flashcards
Tuath
A small kingdom
Iron Age
A new metal was usedto make tools and weapons it was iron and they were more war like people
Derbhfine
The royal family in the tuath
Aos dána
The skilled people at the time, example- judges, Druids, doctors, poets and crafts people
Druid
A Druid is like a priest they organise festivals
Rath
A fort enclosed by a ditch or mound of earth
Crannóg
A man made island with circular wooden stakes and a house placed on top
Hill fort
Like raths just bigger an d placed on a hill
Promontory forts
Built on cliff tops and circular stone enclosures
Léine
A man tunic
Crois
A belt
Brat
A woolen coat
An dagda
The cheif god in the Celt religion
Lugh
The god of war
Gotham stone
A stone to mark a grave with written lines and dots to represent letters