Cwmaber Junior
Houses and Households.
Looking at Celtic
Roundhouses.
KS2
Celtic Roundhouses.
• Key Questions:
• What type of houses did the Celts live in?
• Are you able to label a Celtic Roundhouse?
• How were they build?
• What is the inside of a Celtic Roundhouse
like?
Celtic Roundhouse Concept Map
• Record what you already know about
Celtic Roundhouses below:
Celtic Roundhouses.
• This a Celtic
Roundhouse.
• What type of
materials have been
used?
• The Celts usually
lived near forests and
rivers. Why do you
think that is?
Celtic Roundhouse.
• Look at this Celtic Roundhouse. Are you able to
label different parts of the house?
Exercise One.
• Using the information you have found out
compare your house with a Celtic Roundhouse.
• Group One: Design a table to record your
similarities and differences e.g. windows, roof,
materials, walls, rooms etc…
• Group Two: Use the writing frame provided to
record how your house is similar or different to
a Celtic Roundhouse.
How did the Celts build
Roundhouses?
• Click on this CelticRoundhouse to see how!
Inside a Celtic Roundhouse.
• What can you see in this photograph?
Fire.
• The fire is the heart of
the house. The fire is
almost always in the
middle of the building.
It is used to heat the
entire house (central
heating) -joke! The fire
is also the stove, and is
used as a source of heat
to do all the cooking.
Cauldron.
• One of the most
important items in the
house is the cauldron.
This one is suspended
over the fire using a
tripod and adjustable
chain. If you were well
off, the cauldron would
have been made of iron,
otherwise a bronze one
would have to do.
Bed.
• The base of the bed is an
oak frame, with a
sleeping surface of
woven hazel. This gives
a certain amount of
spring to the bed. A
mattress of hay or
feathers is put onto the
bed, and then covered
with animal skins, such
as sheep or bear.
Stool.
• The stool shown
here has
wooden legs and
a leather top.
Other finds
indicate items
like wooden
chests and
tables.
Exercise Two.
• Looking at the inside of your house and a Celtic
Roundhouse.
• Group One: Look at the objects from inside a
Celtic Roundhouse. Compare with similar
objects you have in your house. Write a short
description and draw a picture for each.
• Group Two: Use the worksheet provided to
look at hoe objects found in a Celtic
Roundhouse have changed over the years.
Celtic Hillforts.
• What can you see
from the photograph?
• Why do you think the
Celts build their
villages on top of a
hill?
• How would this
hillfort help during
battles?
Celtic Lake Villages.
• This is a
photograph of a
Celtic Lake
Village.
• What can you see
in the photograph?
• Why do you think
the Celts build their
roundhouses on
lakes?
Exercise Three.
• You have looked at Celtic Hillforts and Celtic
Lake Villages. Which one do you think you
would prefer to live on if you were a Celt and
why?
• Group One: Write a short report on a Celtic
Hillfort and Lake Village. Record which one you
would like to live on and why.
• Group Two: Complete the short passage filling
in the missing words.
Concept Map on Celtic
Roundhouses.
• Now record what you have learnt on Celtic
Roundhouses below: