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Celtic Europe
21 Sept, 14:46edited
Isle of Skye from outer space. 🏴 The isle Skye is first recorded in Ptolemy’s Map of the world with the name Scetis. The later Ravenna Cosmography renders the name Scitis, while the various Irish chronicles call it Scíth. The word is undoubtedly Celtic
Celtic Europe
18 Sept, 14:50edited
Gyptis offers the bowl of wine to Protis; art by Sandrine Duval. 🇬🇷⚜️🇫🇷Around the year 600 B.C; a marriage between a Gallic chieftain’s daughter and a Greek merchant led to the foundation of the city of Massalia —now Marseille— in southern France. Protis, son of Euxenus came to Gaul from the Greek city of Phocaea (modern Foça in Turkey) and established contact with a local Celtic tribe, the Segobriges. The local chief, Nannus, is said to have held a feast in which his daughter, Gyptis, was allowed to choose a mate by presenting the man with a bowl of wine. She chose the Greek adventurer, and an alliance was sealed between the two people whereby the Greeks were allowed to build a settlement within the territory of the Celts, that settlement of course, being Massalia. The relationship brought prosperity to both peoples, but within about twenty years
Celtic Europe
17 Sept, 16:36edited
Doon ring-fort in county Donegal, Ireland. 🇮🇪 The construction of Doon fort is dated to the 5th century AD. It was likely a residence for local chiefs of the Cenél mBógaine sept of Cenél Conaill for many centuries.https://t.me/CelticEurope
Celtic Europe
17 Sept, 15:43edited
Artistic reconstruction of the Pictish fortified homestead (or “dun”) of Torr-Dhuin in the Highlands of Scotland; art by Chris Mitchell. 🏴 Torr-Dhuin is located near Auchteraw in the Great Glen, between Loch Ness and Loch Oich. It has not been extensively excavated and therefore is undated; typology alone suggests late iron age to early medieval period.https://t.me/CelticEurope
Celtic Europe
14 Sept, 15:37edited
Left: Iron horse-hoof scrapers discovered in a Celtiberian burial at Bronchales, in Teruel province, Spain; 5th century B.C. Right: Iron horse-shoe discovered in the Celtiberian necropolis of Aguilar de Anguita, in Guadalajara province, Spain; 3rd century B.C. 🇪🇸Celtiberian horse-shoes are among the earliest known in archaeology, rivaled only by Etruscan finds from northern Italy dating to ~400 B.C. Recent finds of hoof-scrapers from Bronchales are the earliest evidence of the practice of shoeing horses in existence. It therefore appears quite likely that the horseshoe is a Celtiberian invention. The six burials unearthed at Bronchales were also revelatory, as they contained much material from Andalusia, which to archaeologist Francisco Burillo suggests that Celtiberian herdsmen used to regularly take their herds of cattle south to trade with the
Celtic Europe
14 Sept, 13:55edited
Afon (river) Eden in Coed-y-Brenin (Welsh: “the king’s forest”) forest park; Gwynedd, Wales. 🏴https://t.me/CelticEurope
Celtic Europe
12 Sept, 16:02
Celtic iron sword discovred near Rzeszów, in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of Poland; early La Tène (4th century B.C.) period. 🇵🇱https://t.me/CelticEurope
Celtic Europe
11 Sept, 18:05
On September 11, 1297 was fought the Battle of Stirling Bridge. 🏴⚔️🏴 Scots led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray inflicted a spectacular defeat on the kingdom of England. Art by Angus McBride (RIP: 1931-2007). England had just invaded Scotland
Celtic Europe
11 Sept, 17:18
On September 11, 1297 was fought the Battle of Stirling Bridge. 🏴⚔️🏴 Scots led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray inflicted a spectacular defeat on the kingdom of England. Art by Angus McBride (RIP: 1931-2007).England had just invaded Scotland the year previous on orders of king Edward I “Longshanks”, and the Scottish king John de Balliol was taken prisoner, but a rebellion was quickly raised by Wallace and Moray. John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressigham, took a large army to Stirling to deal with the insurgents. Wallace rebuffed an offer of peace conveyed by Franciscan friars (first image), then battle was commenced. The English began crossing the bridge over the river Forth to attack. The Scots waited for half of them to cross, then attacked them before they could successfully deploy. Over 5,000 English were killed, including Cressingham,
Celtic Europe
9 Sept, 16:56edited
🇳🇱🇧🇪 A modern genetic study of the Netherlands and northern Belgium reveals Gallic (blue) and Germanic (orange) admixture varying across regions and time. Source here. https://t.me/CelticEurope
Celtic Europe
8 Sept, 17:38edited
🇳🇱🇧🇪 A modern genetic study of the Netherlands and northern Belgium reveals Gallic (blue) and Germanic (orange) admixture varying across regions and time. Source here.https://t.me/CelticEurope
Celtic Europe
8 Sept, 15:52
Accoutrements discovered in the stone-lined cist burial of a warrior in the Marshill area of Alloa, in Clackmannanshire, Scotland; 1st century AD. 🏴The warrior was buried with a sword and spear, replicas of which have been made by Ratho Byres Forge and Alan Braby (image 3). Also among the finds were bronze and iron rings that formed part of a belt, bronze toe rings, a glass bead and a bronze cloak pin. Traces of a leather scabbard and a white tunic or cloak were also present.https://t.me/CelticEurope
Celtic Europe
7 Sept, 17:12edited
Portrait of the Norman baron Hugh de Lacy by Gerald of Wales, from his work Expugnatio Hibernica. 🏴🇮🇪After the first English invasion of Ireland, Hugh de Lacy was appointed Lord of Meath by king Henry II of England in the year 1172, and acted as the de facto English viceroy on the island. Lacy was involved in the killing of the Irish king of Bréifne, Tighernán Ó’Ruairc during a parley at the Hill of Ward in Meath, where the Normans instigated a scuffle and sprung an attack by a squad of knights who’d been practicing jousts nearby while the parley dragged on. Ó’Ruairc was killed by the oncoming knights, while De Lacy panicked and fled from the violence (after being knocked to the ground twice by Ó’Ruairc). De Lacy briefly fell out of royal favor after he married Róis Ní Chonchobhair, daughter of former Irish High King Ruaidrí Ó’Conchobhair without king Henry’s
Celtic Europe
7 Sept, 16:21
Twisted gold torcs found near Leekfrith, in Staffordshire, England; 400-250 B.C. 🏴https://t.me/CelticEurope
Celtic Europe
7 Sept, 14:57edited
Everyone here knows I’m not a fan of AI… still… I gotta admit this was pretty awesome; made me laugh. 🇪🇸https://t.me/CelticEurope
Celtic Europe
5 Sept, 16:14edited
Montefortino type bronze helmet discovered near Landau an der Isar, in Bavaria, Germany; 3rd century B.C. 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 Based on typology, the helmet is likely of Italian origin, and was perhaps acquired through trade, or perhaps it had belonged to an adventurer from Cisalpine Gaul.https://t.me/CelticEurope
Celtic Europe
5 Sept, 13:55edited
“Scottish” human rights lawyer Anas Sarwar recycles (and rephrases) Longshanks’ infamous line from Braveheart: “The trouble with Scotland… is that it’s full of Scots”. 🦄🤡https://t.me/CelticEuropeCeltic Europe
5 Sept, 13:51edited
In Dover, England. Thousands of patriots organize to stop foreign invaders from entering the country. 🏴👏🏻https://t.me/CelticEuropeCeltic Europe
2 Sept, 15:29edited
Coastal bluebell prairie in Fife, Scotland; Angus visible in the distance. 🏴https://t.me/CelticEurope
Celtic Europe
2 Sept, 14:45
I’ve been flying a Spanish flag 🇪🇸 outside my house for over a month now in solidarity with our Iberian brothers and sisters.Ceuta y Melilla son España y siempre lo serán. España Cristiana y no musulmana. ✝️🇪🇸🇪🇸
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