CELTIC ORIGINS

The ancient Celts in many ways shaped the British Isles as we know them today.

But because the Celts were an oral, not a written society, little information survives today as to their way of life.

The Celts may have first emerged as an identifiable people around 100 B.C. near the river Danube.

They eventually spread into surrounding Europe.

They were highly skilled in farming, metal work and building roads.

They could also be a highly effective warrior force.

The arrival of the first Celts in Britain was around 800 B.C.

The Celts prefered to record their laws and traditions in poetry, songs and stories.

As such little information remains about the Celts.