Let's go to build a round house.

Round Houses

The Celtic tribes lived in scattered villages. They lived in round houses with thatched roofs of straw or heather.The walls of their houses were made from local material. Houses in the south tended to be made from wattle (woven wood) and daub (straw and mud) as there was an ample supply of wood from the forests.
 The houses had no windows.
 The roof was made from straw with mud placed on top to keep the warmth in.
 The houses in the north were made with large stones held together with clay. The photograph below shows both types of houses.
 The Celts would light a fire in the middle of the roundhouse for cooking and heating. It must have been very smoky inside.
 The smoke from the fire escaped through a hole in the roof.
 Animals were often kept inside the house at night.

 

 This is the round house made of our hands.