The Stone Age

What sits on top of a a portal dolmen?

The roofbox allows light to gradually pass through the passage to the chamber within 17 mins. This happens when?

How many Kerbstones surround Newgrange?

Newgrange is made up of 200,000 tonnes of granite.

What is this stone called?

There are approximately 270 portal dolmens across Ireland.

During the stone age period, wood, stone and clay were used predominantly for weaponry, building and cooking.

There is a roof box above the lintel stones of the entrance to the passage.

What is this stone called?

Stones were manipulated to create

The front facing facade of Newgrange was highly criticised because

Newgrange is famous for its Neolithic art. Many of its stone are decorative with a wide range of symbols including

The upright/standing stones along the passage is known as

Where would you find the historical site of Newgrange?

The decorations on Kerbstone 52 include

The entrance stone is 1.3m high and 3.2m long with spirals carved at 3cm depth and width.

Portal dolmens are highly decorated and were made of rocks that were carefully selected & moved to construct the dolmen

Knowth consists of two passages which are

The passage at Newgrange leads into a chamber that contains side chambers/ recesses. How many are there?

Over the centuries, the cairn in the court cairns have since collapsed, leaving the internal stone structure remaining.

Kerbstone 52 is at the back of the mound, directly opposite Kerbstone 1

What does Pre-Christian mean?

Why was this time called the Stone Age?

A court cairn is a burial chamber with an open entrance for ceremonial purpose.

A mace head carved from a piece of flint was found in Dowth

What is the structure in the photograph called?

Examples of megalithic structures are

The design of the portal dolmens are based on

What period were portal dolmens used?

Which of the following best describes the structure of a court cairn?

A basin stone with remains of cremation burials and some grave goods were found in the western passage.

What is the name of the carving technique used in the decoration of Newgrange?

Most of the court cairns in Ireland are seen in the southern half of the country.

Mesolithic means..

It is believed that the decorations in Newgrange are purely for aesthetic reasons & contain no magical/symbolic meaning

The carvings at Newgrange is entirely made using a sharp stone such as

Considerable damage was done to Dowth when it was excavated in an unprofessional manner in 1875

There are over 500 passage mounds in Ireland, varying in layouts and sizes

Megalithic mean small stones.

The Stone Age people were known as . . 

Which of the following best describes the Western passage of Knowth?

Newgrange is a megalithic tomb built in the Neolithic period, older than the pyramids in Egypt & Stonehenge in England

The more shallow designs of the tomb have been scratched into the surface of the stone using a technique called incision

The first human settlers in Ireland came around 7000 BC from England, Wales and Scotland.

Most of the passage mounds are found in

What does Prehistoric mean?

Which of the following best describes the structure of portal dolmens

Many of the kerbstones have been interpreted as relating to the phases of the moon and movements of the planets

A Portal Dolmen can be found at

There are 22 orthostats on the right of the passage and 21 on the left.

Which of the following are examples of passage graves?

The mound is ____ metres in diameter

Which of the following best describes the passage in Newgrange?

Passage graves, also known as passage mounds, were created by Stone Age Megalithic people in Ireland.

An elaborate basin stone was found in eastern passage with horizontal grooves, concentric circles and curves decorations

Portal dolmens were used as a tomb site or to mark the resting place of the dead.

The Neolithic period was a time of great changes with the development of food-producing methods such as

The designs/motifs on the entrance stone contain lozenges, triple spirals, smaller spirals.

Which of the following best describes the construction of Newgrange?

There are 97 kerbstones found in Knowth.

Which of the following best describes Newgrange?

A basin stone was found in the chamber alcoves.

They manipulated wood to create

The construction of the roof was built using a technique called _____ where a roof was built up in a gradual arc

What are passage mounds?