The architectonic ensemble in Tintignac, France was first cited in 1838 by Prosper Merimee, who did this in his travel notes.
This ensemble or temple consists of four monumental edifices, one of the buildings being called "a tribunal" and having an undetermined role.
Then, there is also a theatre and another building which is ninety metres long and which has the walls covered in marble.
The diggings in Tintignac started in 2001 and they have allowed the specialists to study half of the ensemble and to discover six different stages of occupation of the temple.
The first stage coincides with the Welsh period and dating from the first century BC.
In that period, the temple looked like a vast space with a square base in the middle of which there was a round building with a diameter of twenty meters, the building being supported by wooden poles.
The specialists only discovered a few silver coins in that building, coins which had been hit with the hammer during a ritual which took place before the Roman conquest.
2004 was the year which brought a new discovery on that sacred platform.
We are talking about a deposit of metal furniture, which could also be found in other sanctuaries dating from that period.
There were also iron swords with handles covered in wood, four iron spears, a piece of shield, nine bronze helmets and animal heads made from bronze, the eye of which were probably made from glass.
These were supposed to serve as flags mounted on wooden or metal spears and to be worn around during the warriors' avant-garde fights.
Musical instruments were also discovered, such as a war trumpet.
These trumpets were recognized on different bronze coins and on the triumphal monuments in Roman Gaule.