In this video we dive into the accounts of the Druids of Gaul and Britain, and try to see if there is any archaeological evidence for their existence.

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Additional Sources:

Andrew Fitzpatrick (2007b) Druids: Towards an Archaeology
https://www.academia.edu/5801022/Drui...

Jane Webster (2015) A Dirty Window on the Iron Age? Recent Developments in the Archaeology of Pre‑Roman Celtic Religion
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

“At the Water's Edge” by Lund J
https://www.academia.edu/4188010/At_t...

Nicky Garland (2013) Ritual Landscapes of Pre-Roman Britain: The Margins of Practice on the Margins of the Empire
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Ian Armit (2010) Porticos, pillars and severed heads: the display and curation of human remains in the southern French Iron Age
https://www.academia.edu/30851745/Por...

David S, Rose (2016) Lieux de Mémoire, Central Places, and the Sanctuary of Ribemont-sur-Ancre: A Preliminary Look
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Jean-Louis Brunaux, Claude Malagoli, Bernard Lambot, Gérard Bataille (2003) La France du Nord (Champagne-Ardenne, Île-de-France, Nord, Basse-Normandie, Haute-Normandie, Pas-de-Calais, Picardie) Cultes et sanctuaires en France à l'âge du Fer
https://www.persee.fr/doc/galia_0016-...

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