‘Celtic’
designs
The time before the arrival of the Romans in Britain is called the Iron Age
(about 800 BC to AD 43).
It was the time when iron was first used instead of bronze to make
tools and weapons.
In the parts of Europe that the Romans never conquered, the name ‘Iron Age’
is used to cover a much longer time.
Often all Iron Age people are called ‘Celts’, but in fact many different sorts of
people lived in different parts of Britain and Europe at this time.
brooch
brooch
brooch
armlets
bracelet
mirror
detail of mirror
brooch
helmet
detail of torc
detail of torc
fastener for clothes
shield
detail of shield
detail of shield
Find out more about the Iron Age
Visit the main Museum website
www.britishmuseum.org
Use Explore to look at some of our objects
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/introduction.aspx