Loughcrew Neolithic Site

Sherwood Harrington
August, 2006

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A smaller, collapsed passage and chamber.  The Neolithic passage tombs typically have two or three chambers adjacent to the main chamber.  It has been suggested that this was necessary to accommodate shearlegs, or tripods of sturdy poles, which would have been used to hoist and position the large stones.

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