Stone age houses

The build day was gorgeous and sunny, thankfully without a drop of rain. Bill, Andrew and Jeff did an absolutely incredible job planning this project and it went off without a hitch! We started...

Neolithic houses at Stonehenge Visitors Centre

All over the world animals and people spend a significant amount of time and energy providing shelter for themselves. Animals use many kinds of shelters. Foxes burrow into…

In this post, I share about my experience living in a Neolithic village for a whole week during the Winter and the reasons behind this Stone Age Experiment. #stoneage #prehistory #neolithic #mesolithic

Recreated Neolithic House, by English Heritage

Prehistoric house - Vikidia, the encyclopedia for children, teenagers, and anyone else

History of Architecture begins in the Neolithic period, roughly 10,000 years ago or at the time when people stopped living in cages and began constructing homes. Architecture is the desire to construct an architectural artefact fuelled by the desire to create more than just beauty but comfort and elegance. The Architecture is derived from the […]

Inside a stone age house

Elements of a Neolithic roundhouse. The main frame of the roundhouse would have been made of upright timbers, which were interwoven with coppiced wood - usually hazel, oak, ash or pollarded willow - to make wattle walls. This was then covered with a daub made from clay, soil, straw and animal manure that would weatherproof the house. The roof was constructed from large timbers and densely thatched. All of the domestic life would have occurred within the roundhouse.