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Killaclohane Portal Tomb is a megalithic tomb located in the townland of Killaclohane, about 2 km east of Milltown, County Kerry, Ireland. This Neolithic tomb dates to 3800 BC and is Kerry’s oldest man-made structure and earliest identified burial monument.
View from the south-side, with a portal stone at the right (east-facing side) Poulnabrone dolmen consists of a slab-like tabular capstone (or table-stone) supported by two pillar stones on either side which create a chamber that tapers eastwards. Two portal stones at its lower end mark the tomb's entrance. [6]
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Piklihal is a neolithic period site. [1] The site was excavated by F. Raymond Allchin in 1952. [2] Piklihal is 6 km south to Mudgal town. The Neolithic settlers in piklihal were cattle herders; they domesticated cattle, sheep, goats etc. They set up seasonal camps surrounded by cowpens made with posts stakes .
Poulnabrone dolmen, the Burren, County Clare, Ireland.. The main types in Northwestern Europe, particularly Ireland, include passage graves, court cairn, and menhir.. All these types of tomb were built from large slabs of rock which were uncut or worked only slightly.
A mortuary enclosure is a term given in archaeology and anthropology to an area, surrounded by a wood, stone or earthwork barrier, in which dead bodies are placed for excarnation and to await secondary and/or collective burial.
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This latter ritual in particular, is a unique feature of the south Indian neolithic and has resulted in the formation of large ‘ashmounds’ up to 30 feet high at various places. [3] [4] [5] Despite the wealth of the south Indian neolithic, it has received disproportionately less attention from South Asian archaeologists.