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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.
Kilclooney More belongs to the low-lying land in the west of County Donegal that is prominent for its concentration of court and portal tombs.In the Neolithic period this land was fertile due to a warmer and drier climate, supporting farming communities who crafted ceramics and built tombs which are still described as ‘magnificent’.
Situated on one of the region's most desolate and highest points, it comprises three standing portal stones supporting a heavy horizontal capstone and dates to the early Neolithic period, with estimates from 4200 BC to 2900 BC. Although not the largest, it is the best known of the approximately 172 dolmens in Ireland.
Wales has more than 250 Neolithic burial sites, with some among the most remarkable in Europe. ... DNA evidence suggests that the earliest monuments, such as portal dolmens (or cromlechs in Welsh ...
Create account; Log in; ... or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, ... Most date from the Late Neolithic period ...
Proleek dolmen is composed of two portal stones, a lower backstone and a massive capstone, which weighs about 40 tonnes. [5] The portal faces northwest. 90 metres (100 yd) to the SE is a Wedge-shaped gallery grave ("Giant's Grave") with a 6.7 m (22 ft) gallery.
Greece portal: Neolithic Greece is an archaeological term used to refer to the Neolithic phase of Greek ... which account for the majority of Neolithic sites ...
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