Ancient and medieval Celtic cultures produced many forms of jewellery, and one distinctive category is their brooches, fibulae, and pins. Without zips and buttons, brooches were used to close items of clothing, to create a pleasing or fashionable arrangement of folds, were worn as amulets, or simply displayed as a pleasing decoration by both men and women. Some ancient designs, notably the circular penannular brooch, continued to be popular in early medieval Europe, and two of the finest examples of these are the Tara Brooch and the Hunterston Brooch which, rediscovered in the 19th century CE, caused a new wave of popularity in Celtic jewellery design.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1689/celtic-brooches/.