This had been an important structure for the annual Lughnasa Festival, when the ancient Celts celebrated the harvest season.

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The root word takes us back to the ancient Celts who held a ceremony called Samhain in order to honor the harvest cycle.

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Stirling Council archaeologist Murray Cook said the fort was occupied at a time when mainland Scotland was ruled by the ancient tribes of Picts, Celts, Britons, and Angles.

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It originated among ancient Celts for whom the natural world was a wilderness that brought them death and danger as well as sustaining life.

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