The CELTS were here for A THOUSAND YEARS before Rome even looked at this island 🇬🇧⚔️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

We told you about Alfred. The king who hid in a swamp and saved a civilisation. But before Alfred. Before the Saxons. Before Rome ever set foot here. Someone was already here. The Celts. They didn't arrive with an invasion fleet. They came in waves, over centuries. They built hill forts that still scar the landscape today. Maiden Castle in Dorset. One of the largest in Europe. Built by hand. Defended by ditches so deep an army would break before it reached the walls. 🏔️ They were farmers. Metalworkers. Warriors. Their art? Swirling, intricate knotwork. They were making it two thousand years ago. They had druids. Priests, judges, keepers of knowledge. They memorised everything. Laws, history, medicine. Nothing written down. Carried in their heads. And when Rome came, the Celts didn't kneel. Boudica. Queen of the Iceni. The Romans flogged her. Attacked her daughters. She raised an army and burned Colchester, London, and St Albans to the ground. 🔥 The ash layer is still in the soil today. Rome won in the end. But it took them decades to control an island they thought would fall in weeks. And when Rome left in 410 AD, the Celts were still here. Their blood, their language, their stories. Woven into everything that came after. The Saxons. The Vikings. The Normans. All of them built on what the Celts had already laid down. Wales. Cornwall. Scotland. Ireland. Brittany. The Celtic world didn't vanish. It moved to the edges. And it held on. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍀 It's still holding on. So are we. Learn More 👉 http://proudofus.co.uk/about Be part of us. Be Proud Of Us. 🇬🇧