Powerpoint file: Homes in Celtic times

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Celtic Homes
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Celtic houses were round.
Celtic round house
The roof was covered with reed thatch.
The framework was wooden.
Thin tree branches were woven to make the walls.
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The house was made up of one very large room. The
house was big enough for a whole family to live
and sleep in.
Inside a roundhouse
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Some round houses were built in villages.
Celtic Hill Fort
Some were built inside hill forts.
This made them safe from raiders.
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Hill forts were built by rich and powerful Celtic
people.
Life in a Hill Fort
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Life in a Hill Fort
They farmed the land around the fort.
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Life in a Hill Fort
Pottery
Woodworking
Weaving
Metalwork
Iron smelting
They worked at their crafts inside the fort.
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Scottish crannogs were built on lochs. They were
built on wooden posts which were sunk into the
bed of the loch.
A Celtic Crannog
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Brochs were stone towers.
Celtic Broch
They may have been used as a safe place when
invaders came.
We dont know how the roof was made.
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