Neolithic

Question 0

Lough Gur

Answer 0

A place that was excavated in Limerick that had traces of Neolithic farms.

Question 1

Neolithic

Answer 1

Period when people farmed and used better stone tools.

Question 2

Wattle and Daub

Answer 2

Branches woven into others is wattle. Daub is muck, hay and manure mixed together and put over wattle to cover any folds.

Question 3

Céide Fields

Answer 3

A field with prehistoric walls.

Question 4

Quern Stone

Answer 4

A Quern Stone was used to grind grain into flour for bread.

Question 5

Megaliths

Answer 5

Large stones. Mega= Big Lith= Stone

Question 6

Court cairns

Answer 6

A type of megalithic tomb with a mound of stones over it.

Question 7

Dolmen

Answer 7

A type of megalithic tomb that has 3 or 4 stones holding up a capstone

Question 8

Passage tombs

Answer 8

A type of megalithic tomb that looks like a hill on the outside but a long passage on the inside.

Question 9

Capstone

Answer 9

A large, flat stone that lies on top of a dolmen.

Question 10

Corbelled roof

Answer 10

An extension of the walls that builds up forming a cone shape.