Sacred Grove

Celtic places of worship were almost always open to the elements. The Celts very rarely built stone temples, preferring to use natural boundaries such as trees or the banks of lakes to separate the sacred world from mundane life. Forest groves were especially hallowed spaces and were known as ‘nemeton’ or ‘sacred groves’. Oak groves were considered to be incredibly magical, and anything that grew on a sacred oak was treated as a gift or sign from the gods.