People in Iron Age Britain believed in powerful spirits. They met to worship the spirits in sacred places ,like the shores of a lake or a clearing in a wood.

They described four of their main festivals:

.Imbolc was held in February to welcome the birth of

the first lambs.

. Beltane was celebrated in May, when the cattle

were moved to their summer fields.

. Lugnassad was held in August to celebrate the

ripening of the crops.

. Samhain took place in November and marked

the end of the year.

Priests known as druids led religious ceremonies. They sacrificed

animals and sometimes humans too! The druids gave precious

offerings, such as swords and cups, to the spirits. They buried the

offerings in the ground or threw them into rivers, lakes and bogs.

When the Romans first arrived in Britain they wrote about the

religion of the ancient Britons.

spears

the iron age had a lot weapons