Tag: Celtic
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The High Ones
The Brigantes of northern England and the Brigantium of A Coruña share a name. A data history of the Celtic word for ‘high’, from -briga hillforts to burg, borough and Berg, and what it says about a Galicia–Yorkshire connection.
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The Triskell Boom: how an ancient spiral became a modern Celtic badge
The triple spiral is sold as an ancient Celtic sign of the Atlantic coast. Archaeological finds, Google Books and OpenStreetMap tell a newer story: an old symbol that became a Breton and Galician badge within living memory.
