a member of a group of peoples inhabiting much of Europe and Asia Minor in pre-Roman times. Their culture developed in the late Bronze Age around the upper Danube, and reached its height in the La Tène culture (5th to 1st centuries BC) before being overrun by the Romans and various Germanic peoples

the ancient Celts were famous for their colourful wool textiles

a prehistoric stone or metal implement with a bevelled cutting edge, probably used as a tool or weapon

these neatly-chipped flint celts are found also in Ireland