County Antrim, Tuesday, 14th June 2022…
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There are twenty-seven stones, or sockets for stones,
supporting the ‘burial mound’.
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The ‘rubble’ in the outer court shown above
on an old photograph from the nineteen-forty excavation,
would have been deposited when the site was closed,
and may have comprised some of the kerbstones
used as ‘packing’ for the mound.
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At which point the thresholds
to the chambers within the mound
were also sealed by dry-stone walling.
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Along with the magical act
of leaving highly polished
axe-heads in the walls…
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