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Neolithic Living - Life in Neolithic Cumbria
Heritage Open Day: Come along to learn more about the lives of the Neolithic people who built Castlerigg Stone Circle.
The talks will explore what we know about Neolithic houses, food, farming and tools, and give an opportunity to handle items from Keswick Museum Castlerigg Stone Circle was built about 4.500 years ago by late Neolithic settlers in North Cumbria, who almost certainly had links to settled communities in Ireland and Orkney. We have many clues about how these people came to settle in this area and how they might have lived their day to day lives - in many ways not too different to our 21st century living!
We will explore how they might have lived their day to day lives, what their houses might have looked like, what they ate and how they farmed. Items from the Neolithic handling collection at Keswick Museum will be on site for you to get a feel for the life you might have lived 4,500 years ago.
The talks will explore what we know about Neolithic houses, food, farming and tools, and give an opportunity to handle items from Keswick Museum Castlerigg Stone Circle was built about 4.500 years ago by late Neolithic settlers in North Cumbria, who almost certainly had links to settled communities in Ireland and Orkney. We have many clues about how these people came to settle in this area and how they might have lived their day to day lives - in many ways not too different to our 21st century living!
We will explore how they might have lived their day to day lives, what their houses might have looked like, what they ate and how they farmed. Items from the Neolithic handling collection at Keswick Museum will be on site for you to get a feel for the life you might have lived 4,500 years ago.
Saturday 13 September
Castlerigg Stone Circle, Castle Lane, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 4RN
Sat 13 Sep:Tours at 1100 & 1300. Handling collection from Keswick Museum on site between 1100-1330.; Free Entry.
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