Neolithic-Keywords

Question 0

Porcenallite

Answer 0

A tough and heavy stone which made better tools than flint.

Question 1

Neolithic

Answer 1

The period after Mesolithic which had farming and porcenallite tools coming to Ireland

Question 2

Lough gur

Answer 2

An example of where Neolithic people lived in Co.Limerick

Question 3

Wattle and daub

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A method of building walls .The wattle is the wooden structure woven like a basket and the daub is the plaster type material made from muck,straw,dung and water

Question 4

Céide fields

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A set of Neolithic fields surrounded by walls and an example of where Neolithic people lived

Question 5

Quern stone

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A tool used to grind grain into flour

Question 6

Megaliths

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Large stones

Question 7

Court Cairn

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A type of megalithic tomb which has a courtyard at the front and a cairn (a mound of stone).

Question 8

Dolmen

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A type of megalithic tomb which has three or four legs and a capstone roof

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Passage tomb

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The largest type of megalithic tomb which has a passage and a inside a large mound of stone

Question 10

Capstone

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A large stone that goes on top of a structure

Question 11

Corbelled roof

Answer 11

A extension of walls each one supporting the other