Family Farms

      My Celtic ancestors seemed to settle their families along the rivers' banks up to the head waters.  These farms were circular encampments, 5 to 15 acres in size, popping up all over the place.  They appear to be clustered into groups of three to four farms providing room for family members to grow and help one another along the way.  The following figure roughly shows the known Celtic sites of around 5 to 15 acres scattered about the rivers as discussed in the prior posts.  North is at the top and the rivers are named as given before. From the south [River Severn] there appears a pretty hefty number starting from the mouth and ending at the head waters.  The rivers to the north [Clwyd and Dee] show less farms at the mouth and more clusters up the rivers.  It was along the Clwyd and Dee that my own Celtic ancestors made their beds.  

This figure is drawn from the text edited by Miranda Green, chapter thirty-five, p. 673, written by Jeffrey Davies titled The Early Celts In Wales.