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The Labby Rock Portal Tomb

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The Labby Rock is a portal tomb constructed during the Irish Neolithic period, circa 4000–2500 BCE. This class of megalithic monument represents one of Ireland's earliest monumental forms, built by the island's first farming communities. Portal tombs served as collective burial chambers for family or kinship groups over extended periods, with evidence of repeated use and the accumulation of dis...

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