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The mound has been excavated several times, revealing the carved staones around the base and the arrangement of stones at the entrance. The first passageway into the tomb was found in 1967 -- the carves stones found here make up roughly a quarter of the Neolithic art found in Europe. Someof the kerbstones are carved with fantastical patterns and lines.
THe primary archeologist at the site, George Eogan, has determined that there were at least 10 different phases of buildinga and activity at the site from the initial mound in neolithic time. There has been habitation here for six millenia.
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