Sunrise over site of Llyn Cerrig Bach (E) sacred lake, RAF Valley, Anglesey, where votive offerings of Celtic metalwork were placed in the Iron Age.

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The site of Llyn Cerrig Bach (W) sacred lake where votive offerings of weapons, chariot fittings & other metalwork (iron & bronze) were deposited by the Celts during the late Iron Age. In use from C2ndBC up to AD60 when the Roman invasion of Anglesey by Suetonius Paulinus may have halted the practice.

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Location: Llyn Cerrig Bach Sacred Lake, Valley, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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