The dolmen sits at the southern end of a large cairn, of approximately 30x10 metres, the north end of which also contains a cist. Its three metre long capstone, with a notable notch similar to that of Legananny Dolmen, had previously fallen, but was re-set during excavations in 1963.[2]
Excavations of the chamber revealed different types of pottery, including three highly decorated "Ballyalton" bowls, and the cist contained several hundred sherds of Neolithic pottery, a javelin head, and three flint flakes.[3]
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^"Ballykeel Dolmen" (PDF). Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
^. Megalithic Ireland. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
ballykeel, dolmen, 136696, 471204, 136696, 471204, june, 2006, neolithic, tripod, portal, tomb, state, care, historic, monument, foot, western, flank, slieve, gullion, above, tributary, forkhill, river, newry, mourne, down, district, council, area, grid, h9950. 54 08 12 N 6 28 16 W 54 136696 N 6 471204 W 54 136696 6 471204 Ballykeel Dolmen June 2006Ballykeel Dolmen is a neolithic tripod portal tomb and a State Care Historic Monument at the foot of the western flank of Slieve Gullion above a tributary of the Forkhill river in the Newry Mourne and Down District Council area at grid ref H9950 2132 1 The dolmen sits at the southern end of a large cairn of approximately 30x10 metres the north end of which also contains a cist Its three metre long capstone with a notable notch similar to that of Legananny Dolmen had previously fallen but was re set during excavations in 1963 2 Excavations of the chamber revealed different types of pottery including three highly decorated Ballyalton bowls and the cist contained several hundred sherds of Neolithic pottery a javelin head and three flint flakes 3 References edit Ballykeel Dolmen PDF Environment and Heritage Service NI State Care Historic Monuments Retrieved 7 November 2011 Ballykeel Dolmen Megalithic Ireland Archived from the original on 28 September 2011 Retrieved 7 November 2011 Ballykeel Dolmen NISMR Retrieved 7 November 2011 permanent dead link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ballykeel Dolmen amp oldid 1039070680, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,