What is recorded here

Keel East, County Mayo, Ireland. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland has not yet uploaded details for this unclassified megalithic tomb. Large stones still mark the ground where ancient people placed the dead, waiting for human hands to reveal whether they built a passage, a court or a simple chamber.

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Megalithic tomb in Keel East is a portal dolmen dating to the Neolithic period, approximately 3500–2500 BCE. It represents an early form of megalithic monument associated with burial and ritual practices in prehistoric Ireland.

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