Neolithic Period ( New Stone Age )

Question 0

Porcellanite

Answer 0

Neolithic people used porcellanite , a tougher and heavier stone than Flint.

Question 1

Neolithic

Answer 1

Period when people farmed and used better stone tools

Question 2

Lough Gur

Answer 2

Lough Gur in Co. Limerick is where the first Irish farmers lived.

Question 3

Wattle and daub

Answer 3

It was a method of building the wattle are the sticks that were pushed into the ground and other smaller sticks were woven through them. The daub is when straw and mud plastered between the gaps.

Question 4

Céide fields

Answer 4

Neolithic people lived in the Céide fields Co. Mayo. Farming here ended at 3000BC.

Question 5

Quern stone

Answer 5

A quern stone was used to grind grain into flour for bread.

Question 6

Megaliths

Answer 6

It’s a large type of stone.

Question 7

Court cairn

Answer 7

The tomb was made of upright stoned covered with smaller stones.

Question 8

Dolmen

Answer 8

Two or three stones were put standing upright and a very large stone or capstone was placed on top.

Question 9

Passage tombs

Answer 9

(It’s the largest type of Mesolithic tomb.) inside there is a long passage leading to a chamber/chambers where remains of cremated bodies have been found.

Question 10

Cobbled roof

Answer 10

It’s an extension of the wall. Each layer of the wall is placed slightly inside the one below, creating a cone effect.

Question 11

Capstone

Answer 11

A large stone placed on top of dolmen tombs.