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A monument is a structure made by humans which is not portable and cannot easily be moved to another location.  A monument is not stored in a museum.

Examples of monuments we use today include 
       Church         

    House
           Hospital
                               

                                                School                                                                                   
     Wall  

  Statue    

One of the two images above, Wall and Statue, is NOT a monument, Can you guess which one?

Archaeologists find out a lot about people  who lived in the past by looking at the monuments they left behind them.

Questions we ask about an artefact can also be asked about a monument!
A What is it?
B  Who made it?
C  What was it made from?
D  When would it have been used?
E   What was it used for?

Can you answer the same questions about this monument?

 

What happens to archaeological  monuments after they have been discovered ?

• They are measured
• Described accurately
• Photographed and planned
• Given a reference number
• Studied to see if similar ones exist elsewhere
• Protected by law
• Sometimes they are  excavated to provide further information.

Famous Irish monuments include;

Passage Tomb  Newgrange, Co. Meath

Medieval Buildings  Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary

Portal Tomb Poulnabrone, Co. Clare

Other important but less famous monuments include

Medieval Bridge Glanworth, Co. Cork

 Thatched House  Aran Islands, Co. Galway

Fulacht Fia    Drombeg Co. Cork

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