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Research Resources

Online manuals, sketches, photos and directions for the manufacture of kit components.

Celtic Archaeological Gallery
A collection of photos and drawings of extant artifacts from a variety of sources. This gallery contains NO reproductions or artist conceptions.
Iron Age Britain Kit (pdf 281k)
Copied with permission from the re-enactment group Brigantia This documents outlines the basic kit of an Iron Britain.
Iron Age Britain Kit (Direct Link)
"The Vicus" has put together a very good kit guide, complete with plenty of documentation and illustrations and photos.
Gaelic Dress (pdf 718k)
Although containing minimal SCA terms (author is a member) this very well researched document thoroughly covers "Irish" and "Scottish" dress from 400CE - 1100CE.
Celtic Round House Resources
A series of construction and resource links both to other websites as well as discussion forums.
Links to other Resources
Listing of museums, forums, language information, and other reenactor websites.
Iron Age Britain Weapons (pdf 253k)
Another Brigantia document. Covers, spears, swords, shields and other armour of Iron Age Britain. Much of this can be applied to Continental Iron Age Celts but not necessarily Irish Iron Age Celts.
Spear Making 101 (Part 1)
The first part of this 2 part series covers the forging of a spear and discusses the differences between modern blacksmithing techniques employed and those of a period smith.
Spear Making 101 (Part2)
The second part of this series discusses how to grind the bevels, as well as the processes involved if you need or want to do it by hand.