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Killaclohane Portal Tomb
52.1492° N, -9.6935° E
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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. In 2015, the portal tomb or dolmen was in imminent danger of collapse and was excavated and restored by a team led by Kerry County Archaeologist, Dr Michael Connolly. Prior to the excavation of Killaclohane Portal Tomb, very little was known about Neolithic settlement in Kerry and the beginning of agriculture.
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Excavation and restoration
2015
Second Killaclohane Wood tomb excavation
2017-2018
Bronze Age cremations
c. 2400 BC
Third burial (pottery sherds)
c. 3400 BC
Second burial (flint artefacts)
c. 3500 BC
First burial (carinated bowl pottery)
c. 3700 BC
Construction of tomb
c. 3800 BC
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