PRE-HISTORIC

CROMLECH (STONE CIRCLE)

• ENCLOSURE FORMED BY HUGE STONES PLANTED ON THE GROUND IN
CIRCULAR FORM
• WERE ERECTED IN THE NEOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGE, MOST OFTEN IN
THE AREAS OF BRITTANY, ENGLAND AND IRELAND, BUT ALSO SPREAD
TO OTHER REGIONS OF EUROPE, AFRICA AND ASIA.
• IT WERE MOST LIKELY A PLACE OF WORSHIP AND TRIBAL
GATHERINGS.
• THE STONEHENGE STRUCTURE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS
• A TYPE OF MEGALITH
ROCK CAVE
THE EARLIEST FORM OF DWELLING DEVELOPED BY
MAN
TUMULUS
• A PREHISTORIC BURIAL MOUND
• TUMULI OR BARROW
ANOTHER PREHISTORIC
BURIAL MOUND TERM IS
BARROWS
HUT
• PRE-HISTORIC DWELLING THAT IS RAISED ABOVE THE GROUND BY
POSTS
TENT
• MADE OF ANIMAL SKIN, BONES AND LEAVES THAT IS USUALLY
ERECTED ON THE GROUND
STONEHENGE
• A PRE-HISTORIC MONUMENT LOCATED IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRY OF
WILLSHIRE, ERECTED AROUND 2200 BC
DOLMEN
• 2 OR MORE UPRIGHT STONE SUPPORTING A HORIZONTAL SLAB
CROMLECH
• 3 OR MORE UPRIGHT STONES CAPPED BY AN UNCHAIN FLAT STONE
IMDICATES PLACEOF RELIGIOUS RITES