Ceide Fields

• an important Neolithic archaeological site in the northwest of Ireland

Discover

• In the 1930s, a local teacher realised that stones beneath the bog surface were once 

• His  became an archaeologist and undertook an investigation of the site: - a traditional method used by local people to dig for  was used to identify where stones were located - carbon dating later proved the site was Neolithic.

• Items are well preserved in the bog because of a lack of  .

Neolithic farmers

• Houses were  in shape and had a hole in the roof.

• Neolithic innovations include:  - cooking indoors - pots used for storage and to make 

• Each field at Céide was large enough to support a big 

• The fields were probably used to restrict the grazing of animals - no evidence of structures to house them during 

Reasons for the decline in farming

• a decline in  quality

• an increase in