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1. the stone age

   • the late stone age, the megalithic period(5000 BD-2000 BC)
     • people came from mainland Europe,settled the land and became farmers.
       • constructed buildings and made objects.
         • constructed graves
           • passage graves e.g. Newgrange in the Boyne Valley, Co. Meath
             • large
             • mound of earth or stone
             • narrow crucifix shape passage
             • surrounded by standing stones
               • kerbstone 52 at the back
               • entrance stone at the front
           • portal dolmen e.g. Poulnabrone in the Burren
             • made of 3-7 standing stones that support 1 capstone
             • overground burial chamber
           • court cairn e.g. Kreevykeel
             • oval court yard at the front used for rituals
             • objects were often buried with the dead because the people believed in life after death
             • overground burial chamber