Early Settlement (Leaving Cert Construction Studies): Flashcards
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Built heritage
Built heritage
Historic buildings showing past construction methods & materials
Céide Fields location & age
Céide Fields location & age
Co. Mayo, 5,000 years old
Corbelling technique
Corbelling technique
Overlapping stone layers creating self-supporting roof
Newgrange passage alignment
Newgrange passage alignment
Aligns with rising sun on winter solstice
Ringforts main purposes
Ringforts main purposes
Protection from animals/raiders, shelter livestock, mark land
Dún Aonghasa location
Dún Aonghasa location
Inis Mór, Co. Galway
Early Christian period in Ireland began
Early Christian period in Ireland began
5th century onwards
Irish name for round towers
Irish name for round towers
Cloigtheach
Longphorts definition
Longphorts definition
Viking fortified harbours that became first Irish towns
Five Viking towns in Ireland
Five Viking towns in Ireland
Dublin, Waterford, Wexford, Cork, Limerick