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Crannogs

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Webpage link Description Task

www.bbc.co.uk/history/
scottishhistory/ ancient/
features_ancient _
brochscrannogs.shtml

An introduction to crannogs from BBC.

Where were crannogs built?

What would the settlements consist of?

www.crannog.co.uk/

The Scottish Crannog Centre.

What has been the role of underwater archaeologists in finding out about the crannog?

www.channel4.com/
history/timeteam/
snapshot_crannogs.html

Channel 4 Prehistoric Britain.

How old are crannogs?

How were crannogs built?

www.channel4.com/
history/timeteam/
2004_lochtay.html

The house in the loch: a Time Team Special.

What needed to be done to excavate the crannog?

www.bbc.co.uk/history/
trail/archaeology/iron_age/
scottish_crannogs_01.shtml

The search for crannogs and the evidence found.

Read the information then go to Quiz: Scottish Crannogs (in right hand menu)

www.scottish-towns.co.uk/
perthshire/aberfeldy/crannog.html

Diagram of a cross section of a crannog.

Name the different things that the people in the crannog are doing.

How have they adapted to life on the crannog?

www.bbc.co.uk/history/
trail/archaeology/iron_age/
act_roundhouse_entry.shtml

Construct a roundhouse.

Watch an interactive crannog being created.

www.bbc.co.uk/history/
trail/archaeology/iron_age/
quiz_crannogs_entry.shtml

Test your knowledge of crannogs with a quiz.

Can you get all the answers right?

 

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