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Answers to the Tea Time Teasers
1...The bluestones came from Wales, but from where were the sarsens brought?
.......Marlborough Downs, Fyfield Downs
2...Who directed the excavation of Flag Fen?
.......Francis Pryor
3...Name the two remaining stones of the Beckhampton Avenue
.......Adam and Eve
4...Stalled chambers or cairns are only found in one part of Britain. Where?
.......Orkney
5...Sometimes called Sunkenkirk, what is it and where?
.......Swinside Stone Circle, Cumbria
6...Who wrote "Rock around the Peak"?
....... Vicky and Paul Morgan
7...What is dendrochronology?
.......Tree ring dating
8...A large fossil ammonite is to be seen on the portal of which barrow?
.......Stoney Littleton, Somerset
9...What and where is Grimspound?
.......Prehistoric settlement on Dartmoor.
10..What is a palstave?
.......Bronze Age axe with flanges and a stop ridge.
11..What are Aubrey holes?
.......A circle of pits or post holes at Stonehenge
12..Where and what is Mother Grundy's Parlour?
.......Mesolithic cave site at Cresswell Crags, Derbyshire
13..Bronze Age gold lost and found again at Buckingham Palace. What is it?
.......The Rillaton Cup was excavated in 1837 and given to William IV. Used by George IV to hold his collar studs, it was given to the British Museum in 1937
14..Other than a painful lump, what is a cist?
........A grave formed by stone slabs set on edge forming a box.
15..What is a pot boiler?
........Fire heated stone dropped into a container to heat water
16..Where is the Bordastubble Standing Stone?
........On Unst, Shetland. See photo for Burragarth on the Portal
17..Not the fairy kind, what are raths and where are they found?
........Bank and ditch enclosed settlements of south-west Wales (similar to the rounds of Devon and Cornwall)
18..What kind of stone required a saddle and rider?
........Saddle quern - earliest type of quern. The saddle is the lower stone that holds the corn and the rider is the grinding stone that is pushed to and fro.
19..Legend tells that a witch was buried upright in this round barrow.
........Nan Tow's Tump. Glos.
20..What is a carnyx?
........Animal headed bronze war trumpet of the late Iron Age
21.....Who connects Avebury with Dundee?
........Alexander Keiller, heir to the Dundee marmalade business, was largely responsible for the preservation of Avebury. He bought, excavated and restored Avebury and gave it to the National Trust in 1943
Answers verified from the Handbook of British Archaeology by L & R Adkins
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