# The Céide Fields: A Neolithic Site in Ireland

IELTS Academic Listening - 10 questions - 9 minutes - Note completion

Source: Recording, questions and answer key from Cambridge IELTS 19, Test 1, Listening Part 4. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Used for educational practice. Explanations and evidence notes are written by Testmigo.

## The recording

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## Questions

### Questions 31-40: Note completion

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Céide Fields
an important Neolithic archaeological site in the northwest of Ireland
Discovery
In the 1930s, a local teacher realised that stones beneath the bog surface were once **(31)** _____.
His **(32)** _____ became an archaeologist and undertook an investigation of the site:
a traditional method used by local people to dig for **(33)** _____ 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 **(34)** _____.
Neolithic farmers
Houses were **(35)** _____ in shape and had a hole in the roof.
Neolithic innovations include:
cooking indoors
pots used for storage and to make **(36)** _____.
Each field at Céide was large enough to support a big **(37)** _____.
The fields were probably used to restrict the grazing of animals - no evidence of structures to house them during **(38)** _____.
Reasons for the decline in farming
a decline in **(39)** _____ quality
an increase in **(40)** _____

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