(PRE)HISTORY OF THE
ANCIENT BRITISH ISLES
| General Celtic | Megalithic Sites | Countries and Peoples |
| Ireland | Scotland | Wales |
| Isle of Man | Cornwall | Other Britain |
| Brittany | Reenactors and Research | |
Being a particular interest of mine, the Celts and their precursors get a page of their own. Many of these sites are pertain to more modern aspects of these lands, but most still have something to do with the ancient peoples of these lands. |
| Homepage for British Archeology |
| Research on Ancient Celts: a good guide to quality literature on the subject. |
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Celtica, a site on Celts, emphasizing Wales. |
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The World of the Celts explores the history and archaeology of the Ancient Britons, and tries to debunk many of the romantic myths of the Celts. |
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Society and Culture of the Celts by Kathryn L. Pierce |
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The History of Celts: a useful if graphic-intensive site discussing history, language, geography and culture of the Celtic peoples. |
| Gaul Before the Romans |
| A list of links for pre-Roman Europe. |
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History of the Celts, from the Brittany-Bretagne.com website.**LOST LINK |
| Celtic Grounds website. |
| Pretanic World |
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Encyclopedia of the Celts by Knud Mariboe |
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Celtic Mythology from Encyclopedia Mythica**DEAD LINK. If you can find it, let me know. |
| Lugodoc's Guide to Celtic Mythology: the old tales for short attention spans. |
Argante's Guide to Celtic Deities is a very nice site; it breaks the list down by country. Also includes heroes. |
| Irish Myths and Legends. A brief overview. |
| Links page from CelticTV.com: "your starting point for everything Celtic on the net! " |
| Celtic Art and Cultures for the ART 111 course at UNC-Ashville. |
| Rhiannon's Celtic Links |
| A site discussing Celtic Law. |
| A look at the known deities of the Celts. |
| Early British Kingdoms homesite |
| A funny educational site for kids: Iron Age Celts. |
| On reconstruction of a Carnyx , a Celtic trumpet, and a page with sound recordings. |
| Wiki's Megalith entry; includes some useful links. |
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An index of Megaliths |
| Stone Circle Webring |
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Stone Pages looks at stone circles, dolmens, cairns and hillforts, grouped by country. |
| Stonecentric |
| Ancient Sites, |
| British monument descriptions, from prehistoric forward. |
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Newgrange is an amazing passage tomb in western Ireland. Check out
these sites for more information: |
| Hillforts |
| John Burke's Hillforts |
| Irish Megaliths |
| Knowth: a website about Newgrange and the surrounding neolithic monuments . |
| A rather touristy account of Galicia's Hill Forts (in Spain) |
| Face on Stonehenge? |
| Articles: Wood henge site found in Cheshire, bronze-age skeletons in Kent, iron-age artifacts near Lincoln, |
| Stone circles and passage tombs as amplifiers? |
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Rook Family Heritage page, with numerous European nationalities and cultures (including Picts, Irish and Welsh). |
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An general index of Early Irish History. |
| Ireland's History in Maps: Contains a number of additional genealogy and history links. |
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Clannada na Gadelica, a Gaelic Traditionalist website, provides information on Gaelic culture and supports Gaelic communities outside Ireland. |
| Irish Archeology on the Internet |
| Prehistoric Music Ireland |
| An archive of archaeology reports from Ireland, 1985-2000 |
| A site dedicated to protecting the archeological complex surrounding Tara. |
| Earthlore Explorations: Ireland
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| Electronic Scotland: over 8,000 web pages of information on Scottish history and clans as well as people and places of Scots descent. Or go straight to the History section. |
| The Caledonians and the Picts. |
| Speculation on the Picts, with links. |
| Pictish Nation |
| Ancient Lothian is a website dedicated to the historic and prehistoric cultures of southeastern Scotland. |
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Celtica, a site on Celts, emphasizing Wales. |
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Welsh History and Culture, from Skye's page. |
| Wales on the Web. |
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Welsh Warfare from Regia Anglorum. |
Eisteddfod Webguide from BBC Online. |
| North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History |
| North American Journal of Welsh Studies |
| Article on the Welsh Renaissance, and a link to the Welsh Language Board |
| The short version of Welsh culture, in verse: Welsh History 101. |
| A web site for Prince Madoc's fabled journey to America. |
Data Wales is an eclectic site; that alone earns it a spot in this site.
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These pages for Isle of Man (and Isle of Man II) aren't overly useful for ancient history, but it's a start. |
"These pages contain full text versions of various books and/or documents relating to the Isle of Man." |
This site looks like a fine tourist site, but I had problems loading the history section tonight. |
Center for Manx Studies, includes links to related sites. |
| Manx online language guide |
Manx Reminiscences: Manx customs, folk lore, language and history. |
| Other Britain |
| Wiki article on Roman Britain. |
| Roman-Britain.org: The name says it all. |
| Steve Murry's site covers Britain from prehistory to the Conquest. |
| Gazetteer of Sub-Roman Britain. |
| Why Claudius invaded Britain. |
| BBC's An Overview of Roman Britain. |
| List of useful links pertaining to Britain during the Roman period. |
Phillip Dunn's Places To Visit include many British hillforts and megaliths. |
| Map of the Celtic kingdoms of Britannia, post-Rome. |
| Wessex Archeology website |
| Brief history of pre-Norman peoples of Britain, from the BBC website. |
| Vortigern Studies homepage looks at Britain between the Romans and the early Middle Ages. |
| Post-Roman focuses on Britain, Ireland and their offshore islands between 350AD and 850AD. |
| Kingdoms of the British Isles. Includes the Celtic as well as later kingdoms. |
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Brittany-Bretagne.com website is more extensive than the Isle of Man site. |
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BRIGANTIA is an historical re-enactment society dedicated to the pagan tribes of Southern Britain of the first century BC. Articles include How to Make Your Own Kit: Clothing and Weapons. |
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The Cantiaci are another living history group, dealing with pre-Roman Iron Age Kent. |
| Dalriada exists to preserve and promote the culture, customs, language, mythology and folklore of the native Celtic peoples within the British Isles and Ireland. |
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CADW (Heritage Trust of Wales), National Trust of Scotland, English Heritage, Manx National Heritage, Ireland Heritage and the Irish Heritage Council are helpful for finding historical and prehistorical sites in the British Isles. |
| Carnyx: a small Celtic reenactment group of archeologists and history-minded folk. |
| Lanista Ancient Warfare Academy. Page hasn't been updated in two years. |
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Gaelic Homepage, a web site devoted to the language and culture of the Gaels, those people that speak or did speak any of the three Gaelic languages. |
| The Heroic Age: A journal of early medieval northwestern Europe. |
| TriSpiral, a journal of all things Celtic. Published by my wife and I for SCA and other early period enthusiasts. |
| Irish Arms makes historical reproductions and also does living history. |
| Keltria, a journal of Druidism and Celtic Magick may have information pertinent to Celtic Studies. |
| Crafty Celts: "Historically inspired" jewelry. |
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"Ancient Britons is an online collection of Roman, Celtic, Saxon and Medieval coins and Artifacts from Britain." |